Chicago law enforcement officials ID suspect, announce charges in murder of police officer

Authorities successful Chicago announced that a fishy has been arrested and released a mugshot of the convicted felon charged successful transportation to the execution of a Chicago constabulary officer.

During a quality league connected Wednesday, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Darion C. McMillian, 23, is facing aggregate charges, including 1 number of first-degree execution of 26-year-old Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez.

"This offender is simply a convicted felon who was connected physics monitoring retired of Will County. Needless to say, this idiosyncratic should not person been connected our streets with a afloat automatic weapon, a limb utilized to termination Officer Martinez, arsenic good arsenic different idiosyncratic who was successful the car with the offender," Snelling said. 

Around 8 p.m. Monday, Martinez and his spouse responded to a study astir a vehicle, occupied by 3 people, blocking postulation successful the East Chatham neighborhood.

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Chicago officials announced charges Wednesday successful the fatal shooting of a Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez. (Chicago Police Department)

Prior to further officers arriving to assistance the stop, Martinez and his spouse spoke with the operator and observed McMillian reaching for a container connected the level of the vehicle, constabulary described. 

When instructed to stop, McMillian allegedly pulled retired a handgun and fired, fatally wounding Martinez.

Police said that the operator of the conveyance was besides struck by gunfire and killed. The individuality of the operator has yet to beryllium released.

McMillian past allegedly pushed the driver’s assemblage retired of the car, moved to the driver’s spot and attempted to escape. As an serviceman tried to intervene and propulsion him retired of the vehicle, McMillian reversed the car, dragging the officer, who fired his limb erstwhile into the ground, constabulary said. 

While attempting to flee, constabulary said McMillian crashed into a parked car and took disconnected connected ft into a adjacent apartment, wherever a pistillate was inside. 

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Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling (WFLD )

McMillian reportedly recovered a weapon and removed an physics monitoring instrumentality from his ankle. 

Police said the pistillate was not harmed and the serviceman who was dragged was successful just condition. 

McMillian was aboriginal caught and arrested. Police said a 2nd idiosyncratic was besides detained, but was aboriginal released without charges.

Snelling praised the responding officers who apprehended McMillian "amidst a chaotic scene," and said they did it "in grant of Officer Martinez's sacrifice, and to marque definite nary 1 other successful our assemblage would look the aforesaid heartbreak that Officer Martinez's household is going through."

"I privation that to resonate with everyone. Knowing the risks. Out successful these streets. Officer Martinez and each of our constabulary officers tally toward this information to support everyone successful the city," Snelling said. "We each request to beryllium outraged astatine the convulsive offenders who are creating endless cycles of trauma successful our communities. 

"We request to beryllium outraged astatine the proliferation of guns that are sidesplitting our residents, our children and our archetypal responders. Anger doesn't picture the feeling that I consciousness close now." 

Snelling was joined by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to denote the charges successful Martinez’s murder.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and a metropolis transgression scene. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FOX 32 Chicago)

"While today's charges won't bring backmost Officer Enrique Martinez. It's our anticipation that these charges volition bring a consciousness of justice. Justice for the Family. And each that knew and loved Officer Enrique Martinez," Johnson said. 

McMillian had a criminal background, and was indicted by a expansive assemblage successful Will County connected charges of unlawful possession of cannabis and unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to present successful January 2023. 

Then, past month, a Will County expansive assemblage indicted McMillian connected charges of defrauding a cause screening test, wherever helium was past released connected physics monitoring, FOX 32 reported.

"The constabulary can't bash this each alone. We request the assemblage to measurement up. We request everybody to commencement stepping up. We request radical to commencement looking astatine accountability for those who are committing these acts and repeatedly committing acts," Snelling said.

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McMillian’s adjacent tribunal quality is scheduled for Thursday astatine the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. 

He is charged with 2 counts of first-degree murder, 1 being first-degree execution of a constabulary officer, on with residential burglary, unlawful usage of a weapon-machine gun, and unlawful usage of a limb successful the shooting decease of a constabulary officer.