Chicago police officer dies, suspect wounded in shootout

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a 32-year-old Chicago police officer has died after being wounded during a shootout while responding to a call of a man chasing a woman with a gun. Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown says the officer was shot several times Wednesday afternoon on the city’s Southwest Side. He was He was identified Thursday morning as Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. An autopsy Thursday classified his death as a homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds. Brown said the officer shot back and wounded the 18-year-old suspect in the head. The suspect was in critical condition Wednesday night. Brown says the officer had five years on the job and “a bright future ahead of him.”