An Illinois State Police trooper and his estranged wife were tragically discovered dead in a car. The vehicle was parked in an East Side neighborhood of Chicago. The victims were both shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. Officials aren’t saying much but this latest incident doesn’t appear to be an anti-police ambush.
Trooper was off duty
The cracks are starting to show and it seems one Trooper had more than he could handle on his plate, emotionally. The police aren’t providing any details at all. Even so, between the clues they did offer along with things they didn’t say, the public is speculating this particular tragedy is an apparent murder suicide.
The main reason city officials aren’t talking is because the “thin blue line” of law enforcement in Chicago has been stretched beyond the breaking point, for longer than any liberal wants to admit.
A passerby made the gruesome discovery of 30-year-old Antonio Alvarez, and his wife, 31-year-old Amanda Alvarez a little after 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, January 24. Officials confirm that the trooper was “off duty” and that “the car was not issued by the police force.”
They also aren’t looking for any suspects. “What led to the shooting is now being investigated, but CPD has not said that anyone is being sought.”
The car was parked along S. Avenue E in the 11000-Block and the gunshot wounds to their heads were unmistakable to the citizen walking by.
When police identified the victims as Trooper Alvarez and his wife, relatives added that Amanda Alvarez worked as a school teacher and was “separated from her husband.”
A three year veteran
A large police presence was on the scene most of the afternoon. Both victims “were pronounced dead at the scene and a weapon was recovered,” CPD reports. The trooper was “a three-year veteran of the Illinois State Police,” barely getting started.
The family of Amanda Alvarez is “demanding answers” which is probably why Officials aren’t saying a whole lot. According to the family, “the couple was having problems in their marriage and that she had told relatives she intended to leave him.”
While it’s never good to have emotionally unstable officers on duty, such an unfortunate ending could have been prevented if the trooper in question had access to appropriate emotional support and counseling.
Thanks to liberal Democrat policies, law enforcement can barely afford to keep gas in the cruisers, so mental health of their officers has dropped way down the priority list of expenditures.
No matter what happened, the shooting has left neighbors unsettled. “It’s shocking and sad,” Delores Williams relates. “This is a nice neighborhood and everybody is friendly, and it’s a tragedy.” She’s not alone. “Williams is among several neighbors trying to make sense of what’s happened.” fellow East Side resident, Carmen Flores adds, “we don’t know all the details, but it’s a loss. A loss of a son, a daughter, a mother, a father — it’s a loss. It’s a big loss.”
Associates of the trooper and other members of law enforcement are equally in shock, seen “embracing and consoling one another” at the scene of the tragedy.
