CHICAGO (AP) — A person was once discovered in charge Tuesday of capturing and killing a Chicago police officer, wounding her spouse and firing at a 3rd officer in August 2021.
Emonte Morgan, 23, of Chicago was once discovered in charge within the slaying of Officer Ella French and wounding of Officer Carlos Yanez Jr. all through a visitors prevent at the town’s South Facet.
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The jury deliberated lower than two hours prior to convicting him of first-degree homicide, tried homicide of a peace officer and ownership/use of a firearm as a felon.
French, 29, was once slain and Yanez was once wounded once they stopped an SUV with expired tags.
An electronic mail in the hunt for remark was once despatched to Morgan’s public defender. The protection rested with out calling any witnesses.
Morgan’s brother, Eric Morgan, pleaded in charge in October to fees of irritated illegal use of a weapon, battery and obstruction of justice.
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A 3rd guy, Jamel Danzy of Hammond, Indiana, was once sentenced to two 1/2 years in jail closing December after pleading in charge to a federal firearms rate for making an unlawful straw acquire of the handgun used to kill French.