Photos from the Sunday visitation and funeral on April 29, 2024, for slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood. Huesca was shot and killed on April 21 after arriving to his Gage Park home from his shift in the Calumet (5th) District.
Edith Huesca, mother of slain Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca, and his sister, Lily O’Brien, watch as his casket arrives for his funeral, April 29, 2024, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel. Huesca, a six-year veteran officer, was returning home last week after a shift in the CPD’s Calumet District when he was fatally shot. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A man holds a large cross while police officers and members of the public line up to enter the visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca on April 28, 2024, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. Huesca, a CPD officer for six years, was returning home last week after a shift in the Calumet District when he was fatally shot. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Officers attend a visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Oak Lawn. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling attends a visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, April 28, 2024, in Oak Lawn. Huesca was returning home early Sunday after a shift in the Calumet District (5th) when he was fatally shot. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, hands out black bands as officers line up to enter the visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca on April 28, 2024, at Blake and Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Sandra Wortham, sister of slain Chicago police Officer Thomas Wortham IV, speaks alongside other Gold Star family members during the visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca on April 28, 2024, at Blake and Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A police officer carries a picture of slain Officer Luis M. Huesca during his visitation Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Blake and Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. Huesca, a CPD officer for six years, was returning home last week after a shift in the CPD’s Calumet District when he was fatally shot. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A police officer carries a picture of slain Officer Luis M. Huesca during his visitation on April 28, 2024, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Police officers and members of the public line up to enter the visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca on April 28, 2024, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A picture of Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca is projected as people line up to enter his visitation, April 28, 2024, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. Huesca, a CPD officer for six years, was returning home last week after a shift in the Calumet District when he was fatally shot. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Members of the Chicago Fire Department are among those lining up to enter the visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca on April 28, 2024, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
People line up to enter the visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca on April 28, 2024, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A flag flies from a fire truck ladder during the visitation for Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca on April 28, 2024, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Candles and flowers are left, April 28, 2024, at a memorial in Gage Park where Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca was shot and killed last weekend. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
A woman leaves candles, April 28, 2024, at a memorial in Gage Park where Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca was shot and killed last weekend. Huesca, a CPD officer for six years, was returning home after a shift in the CPD’s Calumet District when he was fatally shot. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)An image of Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca from the video “Behind This Uniform: Honoring Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso.” (Chicago Police Department)
