Suspect apprehended in murder of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca
Xavier Tate Jr., 22, was charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
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Xavier Tate Jr., 22, was charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
Xavier Tate Jr. was apprehended Wednesday night at an apartment complex in Glendale Heights where a neighbor said he was known. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Xavier Tate Jr. was apprehended in an apartment complex Glendale Heights, 10 days after the murder. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Xavier Tate Jr. was apprehended in Glendale Heights late Wednesday, sources said.
Police say on April 14, a 35-year-old woman was walking northbound on Carpenter Street from Randolph Street when she was approached from behind by the suspect.
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Nine days after his murder, and a day after he was buried, Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca’s killer remained at large. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The money will help the children of police officers with college and also police youth programs.
Huesca's family and friends said he was larger than life, a good friend, and humble with a tender heart.
Officer Huesca was remembered Monday as a rock who guided friends through storms of life – wise, courageous, dedicated. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Hundreds of loved ones and colleagues paid their final respects on Monday to fallen Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca at a funeral service at St. Rita Cascia Shrine Chapel.
Hundreds of loved ones and colleagues paid their final respects on Monday to fallen Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca at a funeral service at St. Rita Cascia Shrine Chapel.
Hundreds of loved ones and colleagues paid their final respects on Monday to fallen Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca at a funeral service at St. Rita Cascia Shrine Chapel. Among those who paid their respects were students from Queen of Martyrs School in Mount Greenwood.
Hundreds of loved ones and colleagues paid their final respects on Monday to fallen Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca at a funeral service at St. Rita Cascia Shrine Chapel.
Officer Huesca was shot and killed on April 21 as he was returning home from his shift.
"We will never feel the same," Luis Huesca's mother said.
It's a painful and emotional process that happens in the shadow of what has become an intense manhunt for his killer.
Chicago police said four armed robbers approached the victims, both 22, displayed handguns, and demanded their belongings.
Xavier Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
Xavier Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
Xavier Tate, Jr. 22, is still at large and is charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
The warrant accused Xavier Tate of firing a .40-caliber handgun and killing Huesca.
Lezly Martinez was last seen at 4:39 p.m. Thursday on the Southwest Side.
Charges of first-degree murder have been filed against Xavier Tate, 22. But Tate was not in custody Friday night and remained at large. CBS 2's Darius Johnson reports.
Officer Huesca appeared in a tribute video for his good friend and colleague, Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso.
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