Afternoon Briefing: Trial opens in slaying of Chicago police officer
On the day he was killed, prosecutors said, Chicago police Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso woke up early in the morning in the home he bought in the same district he worked in. He said goodbye to his wife, a flight attendant, who had a full day of flights ahead of her. Later that afternoon, Vásquez Lasso began his final shift, prosecutors said, during which he was shot and killed while responding to a domestic call on March 1, 2023.
'Andres Vásquez Lasso was living the American Dream,' said Assistant State's Attorney Katie Siefert. 'Andres cared so much for the community he patrolled, he moved into the 8th District and bought his home there.'
Attorneys delivered opening statements to the jury today at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in front of a courtroom packed with police officers and family members.
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