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Incident
Police Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso was shot and killed while responding to a domestic incident at 4:45 pm in the 5200 block of South Spaulding Avenue in the Gage Park neighborhood.
Officers were responding to a call about a man chasing a woman down the street with a gun. One group of officers went to the residence while the other officers located the subject on foot. They were able to engage with the subject, but he fled from the officers. Shots were exchanged as Officer Vasquez Lasso pursued the subject, and both were wounded.
Officer Vasquez Lasso was transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
The subject was taken to the hospital in critical condition. In 2023, he was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison in 2025.
Officer Vasquez Lasso had served with the Chicago Police Department for five years and was assigned to the Eighth District.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, mother, and sister.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Vasquez Lasso gave the Chicago Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Vasquez Lasso.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Officer Andres M. Vasquez Lasso is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In IL, 842 of 1,318 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.9% of this state's fallen. That is 63.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Chicago Police Department, 396 of 571 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Andres M. Vasquez Lasso was killed by gun; unknown type.
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