A Cook County judge ordered an 18-year-man held without bond Friday after he was accused of murder in the death of Chicago police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso.
Milena Estepa de Vasquez, center, is supported by friends while attending a vigil for her late husband, Chicago police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso, during a vigil in his memory at Nathan Hale Park, 6258 W. 62nd St., on March 2, 2023, in Chicago. Vasquez-Lasso was fatally shot on March 1 while answering a domestic dispute call.
A Cook County judge ordered an 18-year-man held without bond Friday after he was accused of murder in the death of Chicago police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso, who was shot and killed responding to a domestic-related call this week.with first-degree murder, two gun-related felonies and misdemeanor counts of interfering with a report of domestic violence and assault. Judge Mary Marubio issued the no-bond order at a hearing attended by a number of uniformed Chicago police officers.
Marubio made the order after Assistant Cook County State’s Atty. Anne McCord told the judge Montano took his girlfriend’s cell phone as she first tried to call 911. The shooting then took place near a playground, where children had to take cover, the prosecutor said.Montano was represented by a Cook County public defender who said no one from the office had been able to meet with him so they would withhold mitigation.
Vasquez-Lasso was among officers responding to a call for a man with a gun late Wednesday afternoon in the 5200 block of South Spaulding Avenue in the Gage Park neighborhood. The officers encountered someone in the street with a weapon, police have said.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.
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