Avast ye! A brave officer be sent to Davy Jones's locker, mourned in a grand farewell by Chicago town.
2024-04-29
Arr mateys, a sea of sorrowful souls did assemble in Chicago to bid adieu to the brave officer Luis M. Huesca, who met his untimely end at the hands of a scurvy dog while departing his post. Farewell, dear comrade, may ye rest in peace upon Davy Jones' locker.
In the language of a 17th-century pirate, the streets were lined with mourners on Monday to bid farewell to a Chicago police officer who was shot dead while off-duty and on his way home from work, arrr!Arrr! The funeral procession route to St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago was filled with police officers, firefighters, and others, all gathered to remember the 30-year-old officer Luis M. Huesca, a veteran of six years in the police department, just two days shy of his 31st birthday when he was slain, arrr!Huesca was shot multiple times in the early hours of April 21 on the city's Southwest Side and was pronounced dead at a hospital, arrr! He was in uniform but wearing something on top to cover it as is customary for off-duty officers, according to Superintendent Larry Snelling, arrr!An arrest warrant was issued for a 22-year-old man suspected in the shooting, but the man remains at large and should be considered armed and dangerous, arrr! Mayor Brandon Johnson's attendance at the funeral was canceled after the officer’s mother declared him "unwelcome," arrr!Huesca, a friend of another slain officer, was remembered fondly by his colleagues during the service, with fellow officer Lucia Chavez expressing the pain of losing two close friends to violence in the city, arrr!Superintendent Snelling praised Huesca for always striving to make things better and his dedication to protecting others every day, arrr! Huesca, a native of Chicago, is survived by his parents, sister, and brother, arrr!