Three Teens Questioned In Connection To Police Officer's Death

By Soyoung Kwak in News on Jul 24, 2010 7:00PM

It has been less than a week since police officer Michael Bailey, who was due for mandatory retirement next month, was gunned down outside of his home in an vehicle robbery attempt. Now, three teens have been arrested "on suspicion they were involved in his murder." The three teens - who are 16, 17, and 18 years old - were all taken into custody earlier, but none has been charged with any crime so far. [UPDATE: According to ABC 7, CPD disputes the report, saying no one has been arrested though someone was questioned in the case.]

Bailey was murdered in front of his own home after finishing up an overnight guard duty at Mayor Daley's house. Moreover, Bailey was the third police officer murdered over the past two months. An outraged Mayor Daley addressed the recent murders of Chicago police officers at Bailey's funeral yesterday:

A red-faced Mayor Daley demanded an end to the “distrust” that some feel for the city’s police. “Michael Bailey served and protected us,” said Daley, his words coming like hammer strokes. “He came from our community. He grew up here. So no more distrust of police officers.”

The Sun-Times' Mark Konkol and Frank Main have also filed a compelling story, a follow-up to an April 2008 series looking at violence in the city.