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The suspect, Xavier Tate, 22, had used the card in a store not long before Huesca was gunned down on April 21 in the 3100 block of West 56th Street, Police Supt. Larry Snelling said at a news conference as Tate made his first court appearance on murder charges.
Police say Xavier Tate was taken into custody without incident shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday at an apartment complex in Glendale Heights. The slain officer’s own handcuffs were used to detain him, sources said.
Huesca was attacked early April 21 in the 3100 block of West 56th Street, not far from where he lived in Gage Park.
Chicago police and others gathered Sunday outside an Oak Lawn funeral home ahead of a visitation for Officer Luis Huesca, who was fatally shot on April 21.
Chicago police and others gathered Sunday outside an Oak Lawn funeral home ahead of a visitation for Officer Luis Huesca, who was fatally shot Friday.