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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Bail denied for man accused of killing Chicago police officer as prosecutors disclose details of deadly confrontation

Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso’s wife Milena, right, silently sobs during a vigil for her husband at Hale Park Thursday. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Prosecutors disclosed new details Friday about the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer near a playground at a grade school in Gage Park this week, including the domestic violence call that led to the deadly confrontation.

Steven Montano, 18, was being chased in the 5200 block of South Spaulding Avenue, across the street from Sawyer Elementary School, when he suddenly turned around and pointed a gun at Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors said.

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