Tom Schuba
Assistant criminal justice editor
Tom Schuba is a reporter and editor focused on criminal justice issues, and he previously covered the legalization of marijuana across Illinois. He has earned a National Headliner Award for a series of stories investigating the state’s troubled cannabis testing regulations, among other prizes for his reporting. An Evanston native and longtime Chicago resident, Tom began his tenure with the Sun-Times as an overnight crime reporter after serving as an investigative intern and political blogger at NBC Chicago.
“Every time Chicagoans demand police accountability, nothing happens,” said Jeff Tischauser, a Chicago-based senior researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Xavier L. Tate Jr. fue detenido sin incidentes poco después de las 7 p.m. del miércoles tras una “investigación multiestatal” en la que participaron el Departamento de Policía de Chicago y otros organismos encargados de hacer cumplir la ley.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling had earlier vowed to rid the department of officers listed on the anti-government group Oath Keepers’ rolls.
Suspect in slaying of Officer Luis Huesca arrested in Glendale Heights — with Huesca's own handcuffs
Xavier L. Tate Jr. was taken into custody without incident shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday after a “multistate investigation” that involved the Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies.
Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Huesca in the 3100 block of West 56th Street, court records show.
The oversight agency investigating the shooting has reported that four officers fired nearly 100 rounds at Reed after he shot another officer in the wrist March 21 in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street.
El funeral por Huesca será el lunes a las 10 de la mañana en la Iglesia Católica Santa Rita de Casia, ubicada en el 7740 S. Western Ave. de Chicago, según la Orden Fraternal de la Policía.
The lawsuit accuses Chicago police of promoting “brutally violent, militarized policing tactics,” and argues the five officers who stopped Reed “created an environment that directly resulted in his death.”
Funeral services for Huesca will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church at 7740 S. Western Ave. in Chicago, according to the Fraternal Order of Police.