A 36-year-old female Chicago police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty Thursday night in the city's East Chatham neighborhood after an "investigatory stop" led to a police chase, with several suspects in police custody.

The officer, a four-year veteran of the department, was the mother of a "very young daughter," Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said during a press conference overnight. The identity of the officer was not immediately released.

"She was a mom, and there's nothing like walking into a room and having to deliver this type of message to her mother and her very young daughter and the rest of her family," Snelling said during the press conference. "No matter how old your children are, they're still always your children, and for a mother to lose her daughter li

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