Chicago police Officer Enrique Martínez and his partner responded to a block in the South Side’s East Chatham neighborhood on Monday evening for what eventually turned out to be a call with false information.

Police packed a courtroom Thursday, with officers standing two-deep along the walls, as a Harvey man appeared at a hearing on charges of killing Chicago Police officer Enrique Martinez with a burst of automatic gunfire that also claimed the life of the ...

Chicago officials are expected to announce charges Wednesday in the fatal shooting of Officer Enrique Martinez, who was shot and killed in the line of duty Monday night on the city's South Side.

Residents in the neighborhood where Martinez lived, which is home to many police families, were glad to see someone charged in the slaying but feel more needs to be done to ensure another death like Martinez’s doesn’t happen.

Darion McMillian is accused of shooting Martinez with a handgun equipped with an illegal "switch" that allows it to fire like a machine gun. Martinez, 26, was just shy of three years on the job.

The man charged with killing both a Chicago police officer and another man appeared Thursday at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse. WGN's Emmy Victor reports on the story. More info:

A convicted felon has been accused of shooting and killing Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez and one other person in the city’s Chatham neighborhood Monday night.