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Malissa Torres
Gender : Female
Age : 34
Race : Latinx
Date : 04/10/2025
Location : 1160 N. Larrabee St., 18th District Station (Near North Side)
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 04/10/2025, 34-year-old Officer Malissa Torres of the Chicago Police Department, assigned to the 18th District, was found fatally shot in a first-floor restroom at the station on 1160 N. Larrabee St. in Chicago’s Near North Side around 2:30 a.m. The wound was ruled an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. Her colleagues described her as warm, caring, deeply proud of her young son, and a valued member of the CAPS unit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.police1.com/mental-health-outreach/she-actually-listened-and-cared-chicago-pd-mourns-loss-of-officer-who-died-inside-district-station/ Police1
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/04/10/off-duty-police-officer-dies-at-18th-district-station/ Chicago Sun-Times
https://abc7chicago.com/post/person-seen-taken-stretcher-18th-district-chicago-police-station-north-side/16152113/ABC7 Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/off-duty-chicago-police-officer-dies-inside-near-north-side-station/ FOX 32 Chicago
