CPD officer was shot 10 times, and other new details from suspect's court appearance

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>> JUDY. PROSECUTORS AND INVESTIGATORS SAY XAVIER TATE, JUNIOR, SHOT OFFICER TEN TIMES. PROSECUTORS NOW SAY THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF VERY CLEAR VIDEO CLIPS. TRANSACTION RECORDS AND EVEN TRACES OF DNA THAT THEY SAY PROVES TATE WAS THE GUNMAN. CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS PACKED THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE BY THE DOZENS, CLOSELY GUARDING THE FAMILY OF OFFICER LUIS HUESCA, A FUGITIVE NO LONGER XAVIER TATE JUNIOR SAT SHACKLED JUST FEET FROM THE WESCO FAMILY. >> I HOPE MY BROTHER GETS OUT JUSTICE THAT HE DESERVES. >> PROSECUTORS CAME PREPARED TO DO JUST THAT, STARTING WITH ASKING A JUDGE TO KEEP XAVIER TATE JUNIOR, LOCKED UP AFTER WRANGLING HIM INTO POLICE CUSTODY BY WAY OF A THREE STATE MANHUNT. A JUDGE ORDERED TATE JUNIOR DETAINED UNTIL TRIAL JUST BEFORE TATE STEPPED BEFORE A JUDGE. CHICAGO'S POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SPOKE OF TATE'S DANGER. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT REMOVING THIS INDIVIDUAL FROM THE STREET DOES NOT ONLY BRING JUSTICE TO THE FAMILY. THE HUESCA FAMILY, IT ALSO ENSURES THE PUBLIC THAT HE WILL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY CITY TO COMMIT THE SAME OFFENSE ON ANYONE ELSE IN OUR SOCIETY. >> SITTING CLOSELY GUARDED IN COURT, XAVIER TATE JUNIOR STARED DOWN THE PROSECUTOR AS SHE TICKED THROUGH EVIDENCE THEY CLAIM PINPOINTS TATE AS THE MURDERER. DETECTIVES SAY THEY HAVE A CACHE OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE, INCLUDING THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT POLICE SAY SHOWS TATE BEFORE AND AFTER THE MURDER IN MULTIPLE DISTINCT OUTFITS. >> DETECTIVES TRACED HIS MOVEMENTS BACK TO A BUSINESS WHERE HE PURCHASED A BOTTLE OF WATER USING A RELATIVE'S BANK CARD. DETECTIVES IDENTIFIED TATE THROUGH THE RELATIVE, WHO ALLOWED TATE TO USE THE BANK CARD, BOTH THE WATER BOTTLE AND THE CLOTHING. TATE WAS SEEN ON VIDEO WEARING EARLIER THAT DAY WERE LOCATED NEAR WHERE HUESCA STOLEN CAR WAS LOCATED. ADDITIONALLY, TATE'S FINGERPRINTS WERE DISCOVERED ON A FENCE. HE WAS SEEN ON VIDEO JUMPING OVER FOLLOWING THE MURDER. >> PROSECUTORS NOW SAY XAVIER TATE JUNIOR SHOT OFFICER LUIS HUESCA TEN TIMES AT CLOSE RANGE BEFORE STEALING HIS SERVICE GUN AND SUV. THEY SAY TATE'S DNA, COLLECTED FROM A PREVIOUS JUVENILE CHARGE MATCHED WHAT WAS LEFT ON SPENT CASINGS, THE OFFICER'S CAR AND TATE'S SMASHED CELL PHONE. STILL SHAKEN BY GRIEF, OFFICER LUIS WESCO'S FAMILY LEFT THE COURTHOUSE WITH A SMALL SENSE OF RESOLVE. TATE'S DEFENSE TEAM ARGUED THAT HE. HIS CRIMINAL RECORD SHOWS THAT HE IS NOT VIOLENT AND IS NOT A FLIGHT RISK. THE JUDGE SWIFTLY DISAGREED WITH THAT, AND TATE IS NOW LOCKED UP HERE AT THE COOK COUNTY JAIL. ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT PROSECUTORS DID NOT INDICATE ANY CLEAR MOTIVE FOR THE OFFICER'S
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Channel: ABC 7 Chicago
Views: 49,515
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Keywords: luis huesca, chicago police officer killed, xavier tate jr, officer luis huesca, officer huesca, chicago news, chicago crime, chicago violence
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Length: 2min 54sec (174 seconds)
Published: Sat May 04 2024
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