Chicago police officials and prosecutors are expected to announce charges related to the fatal shooting of CPD Officer Enrique Martinez earlier this week.
A news conference was scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at CPD headquarters with Superintendent Larry Snelling, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
Martinez, 26, was shot and killed Monday evening in the 8000 block of South Ingleside in Chatham. Martinez joined CPD less than three years ago, according to the department.
On Monday evening, Martínez responded to a 911 call a few blocks from where he was later shot, according to police. Martinez was involved in a traffic stop when he was shot, police said.
Other officers eventually took him to the University of Chicago Medical Center in a police cruiser.
Police recovered two firearms, at least one with an extended magazine.
Martínez was the first CPD officer to die in an on-duty shooting since Andres Vásquez Lasso in March 2023. This killing also contains tragic echoes of the death of CPD officer Ella French, who was also shot during a road check. In September, French’s shooter was sentenced to life in prison.
Vásquez Lasso was shot and killed on March 1, 2023, while responding to a domestic violence call, an emergency call often fraught with risk for officers, victims and bystanders.
