A Chicago police officer was killed this morning when the squad car he was driving crashed into a tree in Chicago’s Uptown community.
A police squad car crashed into a tree at 5:06 a.m. in the 4100 block of North Lake Shore Drive, police said.
The officer was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about 7:30 a.m., police said.
The cause of the crash was under investigation.
