A third Chicago Police officer has died of COVID-19, the department announced Friday.
The officer was assigned to the 4th District on the city’s South Side, according to Tom Ahern, a department spokesman.
His name and length of service with the department were not immediately disclosed, as the officer’s extended family was still being notified of his death Friday morning, Ahern said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and acting CPD Supt. David Brown were expected to release more details about the officer at a news conference Friday afternoon.
Last week, Sgt. Cliff Martin, a 25-year department veteran assigned to the Bureau of Detectives succumbed to the coronavirus.
Martin, 56, began showing symptoms March 20 and went on sick leave two days later, interim Supt. Charlie Beck said. Martin was hospitalized for two weeks at the University of Chicago Medical Center before dying April 10.
Martin’s death followed that of CPD narcotics officer Marco DiFranco, who died of COVID-19 on April 2. DiFranco, 50, had been with the department since 1998 and was based in the Homan Square facility.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
