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Parents Rocio Lasso, left, and Rodrigo Vásquez and Milena Estepa de Vásquez, the widow of Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building after the guilty verdict against Steven Montano for first-degree murder and other felonies in the March 2023 slaying of the 32-year-old officer on July 21 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Man convicted of first-degree murder in slaying of CPD Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso

July 21, 2025 at 7:24 p.m.

A Cook County jury on Monday convicted a man of first-degree murder for shooting and killing Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso following a weeklong trial marked by difficult body...

Rocio Lasso, center, mother of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, July 18, 2025, at the end of a break in the trial of his accused killer, Steven Montano. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘I was in fear of my life’: Alleged cop killer takes stand at trial for slaying of CPD Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso

July 18, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Steven Montano described to the jury the fateful moment when he fatally shot Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso during a confrontation.

Rocio Lasso, center, the mother of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, walks through the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building on July 15, 2025, during a break in the trial of her son’s accused killer. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘Kill me,’ suspect pleaded after allegedly shooting Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso

July 16, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

In the chaotic moments following the fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, the alleged shooter yelled to responding officers, according to body camera footage: "Kill me. Kill...

Rocio Lasso, center, the mother of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, walks through the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 15, 2025, during a break in the trial of his accused killer. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘Officer down!’ Jurors in murder trial watch body-camera video from scene where cop was shot

July 15, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Jurors on Tuesday watched camera footage that showed the aftermath of a shooting that killed Chicago police Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso, 32, after he responded to a 911 call on...

Chicago police Superintendent David Brown and Mayor Lori Lightfoot present Milena Estepa de Vásquez with the Chicago flag from the coffin of her husband, slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, after his funeral Mass at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, March 9, 2023. Vásquez Lasso, 32, was shot and killed as he responded to reports of a man chasing a woman with a gun in Gage Park. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Alleged killer of CPD Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso set for trial

July 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso's accused killer is scheduled to stand trial, with jury selection set to begin Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Police officers investigate the scene of an extra-alarm fire on June 26, 2025, in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. Four people were killed, including a 5-year-old. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge orders man detained in Austin fire that killed 4, including 5-year-old and newspaper editor

July 12, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

Lontray Clark faced a Cook County judge Saturday on murder, attempted murder and arson charges connected to a fatal June fire in the 5200 block of West North Avenue in...

Former Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, exits the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on June 5, 2024, following a post-trial motion hearing in his corruption trial, which ended in December 2023. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke released early from federal prison

July 9, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

Less than 10 months after reporting to federal prison, Edward Burke was released to begin spending the rest of his sentence in the Chicago area Tuesday.

A Chicago police officer on July 3, 2025, investigates a mass shooting where four people were killed and 14 were wounded in the late hours of July 2 in the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue in the River North neighborhood. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)

‘This wasn’t some random shooting’: Police dig in after drive-by attack at River North album release party kills 4, wounds 14 others

July 7, 2025 at 11:26 a.m.

A drive-by mass shooting killed four people and wounded 14 more late Wednesday night in River North, Chicago police said.

Brian Crowder gets into a vehicle after leaving the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 1, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Former CPS dean found guilty of sexually abusing student

July 2, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

A jury on Wednesday found a former Chicago Public Schools dean guilty of multiple felony counts for sexually abusing a student, after the young woman testified that he coerced her...

Brian Crowder gets in a vehicle after exiting the Leighton Criminal Courts Building on July 1, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Former CPS dean stands trial accused of sexually abusing a student

July 1, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

While serving as a dean of discipline in the Chicago Public Schools system, Brian Crowder approached a 15-year-old student in the lunch room at a Little Village school and asked...

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