MINUTES. WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CITY'S GAGE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER WAS FATALLY SHOT OVERNIGHT. COURTNEY SPINELLI JOINING US FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER WITH THE LATEST COURT. >> SHINING GAINER. GOOD MORNING. IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY SOMBER MORNING FOR THE FAMILY OF THE 30 YEAR-OLD CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS HERE ON THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE TOLD THAT HE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A TOUR OF DUTY THIS MORNING WHEN HE LOST HIS LIFE, HE WOULD HAVE TURNED 31 IN JUST 2 DAYS NOW WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES, A PROCESSION CARRYING THE BODY OF THAT OFFICER BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY OVER TO THE EMMYS OFFICE. AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR ALL INVOLVED. >> DISTRICT AND CITY OFFICER THAT SHOT THAT CAME IN AT. 31. 35 WEST, 56 STREET, 3, 1, 3, 5, WEST 56TH STREET OFFICERS SHOT OVER THERE AS FOLLOWING A SHOT SPOTTER. FIGHTER CAME IN. A 55 WANTS AT SEA. >> THAT WAS POLICE DISPATCH AUDIO EARLY THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICER WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AS HE GOT HOME FROM WORK. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AROUND 3 CPD SAYS AREA ONE DETECTIVES ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE WHAT LED UP TO THIS. WELL, THEY'RE NOT CALLING IT A CARJACKING AT THIS MOMENT. CPD SAYS THE OFFICERS VEHICLE IS MISSING. THEY ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE WHETHER HIS SERVICE WEAPON WAS ALSO TAKEN OR RECOVERED AT THE SCENE, ALTHOUGH HE WAS WEARING SOMETHING THAT COVERED IT. CPD SAYS THE OFFICER WAS IN UNIFORM WHEN HE WAS KILLED. SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAYS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT LED UP TO THIS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND THE DEPARTMENT IS SIFTING THROUGH A LOT OF EVIDENCE AT THIS VERY MOMENT. >> 6 YEAR MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT. WORKING VERY HARD OUT THERE. COMMUNITIES AND TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. AND TODAY. THAT OFFICER WAS A VICTIM. OF THE TYPE OF CRIME THAT HE WAS WORKING AGAINST. >> NOW SNELLING SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO DO EVERYTHING TO BRING JUSTICE FOR THIS FAMILY AND ALL FAMILIES OF CRIME VICTIMS ACROSS THE CITY SNELLING CALLED THIS A SENSELESS STAYING SAYS IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT MORNING FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND HIS FAMILY. THEY SAY THIS OFFICER LEAVES BEHIND HIS MOTHER AND HIS UNCLE AND THEY'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO KEEP THAT FAMILY IN THEIR THOUGHTS THIS MORNING. NO SUSPECT DESCRIPTIONS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, BUT POLICE SAY THE MOMENT THEY DO HAVE THOSE THEY WILL
