CHICAGO — Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx issued a statement Thursday addressing the criminal history of the 18-year-old suspected of killing Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso on Wednesday as the five-year veteran of the department responded to a domestic incident.
Sources have confirmed the suspect’s name to the Chicago Tribune, but the paper is not naming him because he has not been charged.
Court records show Cook County prosecutors in November dropped a misdemeanor charge against the suspect after he was accused of fleeing from officers who were investigating a shooting. In a statement released through a spokesperson, Foxx said the defendant was offered community service as an alternative to traditional prosecution.
