Authorities to announce charges in fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer Enrique Martinez

Sam Charles and Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune on Nov 6, 2024

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CHICAGO — Chicago police officials and prosecutors are set to announce charges in the fatal shooting of CPD officer Enrique Martinez earlier this week.

A press conference was scheduled for later 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 night in the 8000 block of South Ingleside in Chatham. Martinez joined CPD less than three years ago, according to the department.

Monday night, Martínez responded to a 911 call a couple of blocks from where he was later shot, according to police. Martinez was involved in a traffic stop when he was gunned down, police have said.

Other responding officers ultimately took him to the University of Chicago Medical Center in a police vehicle.

Police recovered two guns, including at least one that had an extended magazine.

Martínez was the first CPD officer to die in an on-duty shooting since Andres Vásquez Lasso in March 2023. The slaying also contains tragic echoes of the death of CPD Officer Ella French, who was also gunned down during a traffic stop. 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 to responding officers, victims and bystanders.

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