CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.
He was identified Thursday morning as Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso, 32, of the Marquette Park neighborhood, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Chicago police Superintendent David Brown told reporters outside Mount Sinai Hospital that the officer, who was shot “multiple times,” had died. Brown did not identify the officer or give his age at the time.
