Off-duty Chicago police officer shot outside his home [View All]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- A Chicago, Illinois, police officer was shot and killed Sunday morning after finishing his shift, police said.

Officer Michael Bailey, a decorated 20-year veteran of the department, had returned to his home on the south side of Chicago. He was shot outside his personal vehicle about 6 a.m. (7 a.m. ET), police said.

Bailey was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:40 a.m., police said

Police had no one in custody as of Sunday afternoon, but suspect more than one attacker, spokesman John Mirabelli said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/18/chicago.police.fatal/index.html

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11 days ago, Officer Thor Soderberg was killed during a scuffle with a suspect. Bailey is the third Chicago police officer to be killed since May.