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1 Chicago officer killed, 1 wounded in traffic stop shooting

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Chicago police officers salute as a procession for a police officer who was shot and killed earlier during a traffic stop at 63rd and Bell drives by the Cook County Medical Examiners Office.
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A Chicago police procession for a police officer who was shot and killed earlier during a traffic stop at 63rd and Bell drives by the Cook County Medical Examiners Office, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
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Chicago police officers stand at attention as a procession for a police officer who was shot and killed earlier during a traffic stop at 63rd and Bell drives by the Cook County Medical Examiners Office, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
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Chicago police officers and firefighters walk with the ambulance carrying the remains of a police officer who was shot and killed at 63rd and Bell earlier as the ambulance drives into the loading bay of the Cook County Medical Examiners Office, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
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A Chicago police officer rubs his eyes while standing in line with other officers outside the Cook County Medical Examiners Office right before a procession for a Chicago police officer who was shot and killed earlier during a traffic stop at 63rd and Bell, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
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Chicago police work the scene where two police officers where shot during a traffic stop in the 6300 block of South Bell in the West Englewood neighborhood, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021.

CHICAGO — A 29-year-old Chicago police officer was killed and another was wounded in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop, officials said Sunday.

The death of the female officer Saturday night was the first fatal shooting of a Chicago officer in the line of duty since 2018.

Speaking to reporters about the shooting, Mayor Lori Lightfoot urged Chicagoans to end what she called “the constant strife” over the roles of police.

“The police are not our enemies,” she said during a news conference Sunday. “We must come together. … We have a common enemy: It’s the guns and the gangs.”

Officers had stopped a vehicle with two men and a woman inside just after 9 p.m. in the South Side neighborhood of West Englewood, when a male passenger opened fire, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said during the same news conference.

Officers returned fire, striking the passenger who appeared to fire at them, said Brown. He did not release the condition of that man. All three are in custody, but no charges have been filed, he said.

Brown declined to identify the officer killed, saying her mother had requested that authorities not immediately disclose her name. Police also didn’t identify the three who have been arrested.

When asked about the condition of the injured officer, Brown responded, “Critical. We need your prayers.”

The superintendent said it was too soon to say why the vehicle was stopped and what might have happened just before the shooting began. He said available evidence included police body camera footage. A gun was also recovered at the scene.

A crowd of officers gathered outside the hospital’s ambulance entrance overnight, some hugging and praying.

Speaking earlier Sunday, Lightfoot said the officer who died “was very young on the job, but incredibly enthusiastic to do the work.”

The last Chicago officer shot to death in the line of duty was 28-year-old Samuel Jimenez, who was killed after responding to a shooting at a hospital on Nov. 19, 2018.

Two officers, Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo, died when they were struck by a train while pursuing a suspect on Dec. 17, 2018. The department also considers the covid-19 deaths of four officers last year line-of-duty deaths.

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