An off-duty police commander who responded to a call was fatally shot Tuesday in downtown Chicago, the city’s top officer said.
“It is a difficult day for us, but we will get through it,” Johnson said outside the hospital where Bauer was taken.
A suspect is in custody.
“Commander Bauer stood for the highest ideals of our police department and our city,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
The shooting took place about 2:30 p.m. near an Illinois government office building in Chicago’s Loop area.
Bauer was the first police officer in Chicago shot to death since the 2011 killing of Officer Clifton Lewis, CNN affiliate WLS reported.
Bauer was the commander of the 18th district on the Near North side, which includes some prominent neighborhoods, WLS reported.
