{"id":19762,"date":"2017-01-19T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T08:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=19762"},"modified":"2017-01-19T08:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T08:30:46","slug":"chicago-police-officer-charged-with-murder-in-off-duty-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/chicago-police-officer-charged-with-murder-in-off-duty-shooting.html","title":{"rendered":"Chicago police officer charged with murder in off-duty shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Chicago police officer charged with murder in off-duty shooting<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Chicago police officer charged with murder in off-duty shooting:-<\/strong> Prosecutors charged a Chicago police officer on Wednesday with first-degree murder after he was accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man during an altercation while off-duty, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Police said officer Lowell Houser, 57, and the victim, 38-year-old Jose Nieves, knew each other before their dispute, which took place on the city&#8217;s Northwest side early on Jan. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The charges came less than a week after federal officials issued a scathing report accusing the Chicago Police Department of widespread civil rights violations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">According to a police statement at the time, Houser shot Nieves multiple times. The officer, who was assigned to the Mass Transit Unit, was stripped of his police powers by Superintendent Eddie Johnson the following day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">In a statement on Wednesday, the police department said it would cooperate with the Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney&#8217;s Office, which brought the charges against Houser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Chicago, the nation&#8217;s third largest city, is reeling from a year in which murders sharply increased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice released the findings from a 13-month investigation that found Chicago police routinely used excessive force and were racially biased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Mayor Rahm Emanuel has faced strong criticism over the city&#8217;s handling of police shootings. Ahead of the publication of the Justice Department&#8217;s report, he sought to implement reforms including equipping officers with body-cameras and pledging to hire hundreds of new officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\">Source:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-chicago-police-idUSKBN153014<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/chicago-police-officer-charged-with-murder-in-off-duty-shooting.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago police officer charged with murder in off-duty shooting Chicago police officer charged with murder in off-duty shooting:- Prosecutors charged a Chicago police officer on Wednesday with first-degree murder after he was accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man during an altercation while off-duty, authorities said. 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