Darian McMillian, 23, has been charged with felony first-degree murder of a police officer, among other charges, in relation to the fatal shooting of a Chicago Police Department (CPD) officer, Enrique Martinez.
Martinez was killed in the line of duty following a traffic stop around 8 p.m. Monday, November 4th in the 8000 block of South Ingleside Avenue.
According to newly emerging information, McMillan, 23, is a felon who is currently out on electronic monitoring.
CPD Supt. Larry Snelling said: “This offender is a convicted felon who was on electronic monitoring out of Will County. Needless to say, this individual should not have been on our streets with a fully automatic weapon, a weapon used to kill Officer Martinez,”
He has been charged with one count of felony first-degree murder of a police officer and one count of felony first-degree murder in addition to several other charges, including one count of felony residential burglary and one felony count of attempted murder of a police officer.
According to Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti, Martinez and a partner stopped a vehicle blocking traffic at an intersection with three people inside.
The two cops were speaking with the driver when McMillan, in the front passenger seat, reached for a bag on the floor of the vehicle.
Officer Martinez and his partner commanded McMillan to stop reaching but he pulled out an automatic handgun equipped with a machine gun conversion device and an extended magazine and opened fire, killing both Officer Martinez and the driver of the vehicle.
Darian McMillan then pushed the deceased driver out of the vehicle and started driving away. While attempting to flee, he dragged the other officer, who opened fire but failed to hit the suspect.
He escaped into a nearby apartment building where he forced his way into a first-floor apartment and used a knife to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet.
He was eventually arrested in the 8000 block of South Maryland Avenue.
“While this does not erase the grief of Officer Martinez’s family, we hope it brings a small measure of comfort knowing the person responsible for his murder will face justice. I want to thank the responding officers and detectives from the investigative response team who made sure this offender was taken into custody and would not be able to hurt anyone else,” Ursitti said.
The deceased officer Martinez was 26 years old and a three year veteran. He worked in Chicago’s 6th District.