A suspect has been charged in the murder of slain officer Luis Huesca, NBC 5 Investigates has learned.
Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, was charged with first-degree murder, according to documents filed on Friday in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Court records allege that Tate used a 40-caliber handgun to fatally shoot Huesca, who was found with multiple gunshot wounds early Sunday morning near his Gage Park home. Officers discovered the 30-year-old, who had been shot in the face, after responding to a ShotSpotter alert at 2:53 a.m. near West 56th Street and South Kedzie Avenue, a police report revealed.
Huesca was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center and later pronounced dead from his injuries. A 6-year veteran of the force, Huesca had just gotten off a shift and was heading home – and in uniform – when the shooting occurred. His Toyota SUV was stolen following the shooting, but was later recovered.
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