Chicago Police charge Xavier Tate Jr. in Officer Huesca's shooting death
Xavier Tate: Suspected cop killer in custody
The suspect wanted in connection to the shooting death of a Chicago police officer has been arrested.
CHICAGO - The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of a Chicago police officer last month has been arrested.
Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, of Aurora, was taken into custody Wednesday night by members of the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force in Glendale Heights.
Chicago Alderman Hopkins and the Chicago Police Department posted on "X" Wednesday night and confirmed the arrest.
Tate was wanted for first-degree murder after Chicago Police Officer Luis M. Huesca was killed on April 21.
Just before 3 a.m. that Sunday morning, officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert near 55th Street and Kedzie Avenue, where they found Officer Huesca suffering from multiple gunshot wounds nearby.
He was located in the 3100 block of West 56th Street and transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 3:22 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
RELATED STORIES:
- Off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot in Gage Park while returning home from work
- $100K reward offered for tips leading to suspect's arrest in Chicago officer's murder
- Chicago police release video of person of interest wanted in murder of Officer Luis Huesca
- Relative of suspect wanted in Chicago Police Officer Luis M. Huesca's shooting death arrested: CPD
- Chicago police remember fallen officer Luis Huesca on his 31st birthday
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Huesca was in uniform at the time of the shooting but was wearing something that covered it since he was off duty and that his vehicle was taken. It was later recovered, police said.
Following the shooting, Chicago police released video of Tate, asking for the public's help in locating him in connection with the murder.
Last Friday, Chicago police searched a Morgan Park home in connection with Huesca's death. One person had been taken out of a home in handcuffs.
Relative of suspect wanted in Chicago Police Officer Luis M. Huesca's shooting death arrested: CPD
A person related to the suspect involved in the shooting death of Chicago Police Officer Luis M. Huesca was arrested last week.
Then, on Monday, Chicago police confirmed to FOX 32 that Caschaus Tate, 20, was the individual taken into custody. He was charged with one felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Caschaus is a relative of Xavier L. Tate Jr. Police also confirmed that the arrest was connected to the search on Friday and that Caschaus has a connection to Xavier Tate.
It is unknown at this time when Xavier Tate will be in court next.