The recent deaths mark the latest in a string of apparent suicides involving Chicago police officers
Published March 5, 2021 •
Updated on March 5, 2021 at 9:39 pm
The officer, who has yet to be identified, was found deceased inside a residence Friday evening in the city s Mount Greenwood neighborhood. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
The officer was a 15-year veteran who worked for the department s gang investigations unit, according to a Chicago police spokesman.
In a tweet, Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown said, Our deepest condolences go out to the officer s family and friends, who are now grieving over this unimaginable tragedy.
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A wistful Chicago Fire Commissioner Richard C. Ford II presided over his final graduation ceremony Tuesday before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 63 that will force him to step down in April.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has spent the last several months searching for Ford’s $217,728-a-year replacement. His last day on the job will be April 2.
The retiring commissioner didn’t dwell on the changing of the guard during Tuesday’s graduation ceremony at the Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy, 558 W. DeKoven St. that was another eerie, socially distanced affair, due to the coronavirus pandemic.