On April 21, 2024, Luis M. Huesca was shot and killed while returning home from his tour of duty. He was 30 years old. The loss is painful in its starkness: a Chicago Police Department officer had completed his work and was on the way home when gunfire took his life. For the people who knew Officer Huesca, badge 18913 will never be only a number. It will remain tied to a person whose six years of service ended far too soon, to a colleague whose absence is permanent, and to the unanswered grief left behind whenever a public servant is taken simply for doing…

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