Ella French

Death by Force

Officer Ella French, a 29-year-old female police officer from Chicago, IL, was tragically killed on August 7, 2021, during a routine traffic stop on the city's South Side. French, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was conducting the stop with her partner, Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., when the situation escalated into an exchange of gunfire. French was fatally shot, and Yanez was critically wounded. The incident marked the first fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer in the line of duty since 2018 ...Read More

Chicago Sun-Times: Mom of slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French confronts killer as he gets life in prison: 'With our choices come consequences'

Man gets life without parole for murder of Chicago Police Officer Ella French

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