Crime & Safety
Chicago Police Officer Dies Of Possible Self-Inflicted Gunshot
The officer was found dead Sunday afternoon in the 1500 block of West Monroe Street, according to police.
CHICAGO, IL — The Chicago Police Department said one of their officers was found dead near his West Side home Sunday afternoon, March 10, with a possibly self-inflicted gunshot wound, WLS reported. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office and police said 44-year-old Eric Concialdi was found around 1:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of West Monroe Street.
WLS said if a scheduled autopsy determines Concialdi's injury was self-inflicted, it would be the third time this year that a Chicago Police Department officer has taken their own life, and the seventh time since July.
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On Jan. 1, police said a 36-year-old Chicago officer took his own life. Patch reported the officer was found dead at his home in the city's Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
On Feb. 2, an off-duty Chicago police officer was found shot to death on Chicago's Near West Side near Polk Street and Bell Avenue. The department said a preliminary investigation revealed her death was from a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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