Cicero Cop Returns Home Less Than A Week After He Was Shot

CICERO, IL - Cicero Police Officer Luis Duarte, who was shot last week in an armed confrontation with a suspect near a Stevenson Expressway exit on the South Side of Chicago, is at home and doing well in recovery. Town of Cicero officials said Duarte was released from Mount Sinai Hospital on Tuesday.

Operations to remove bullets and repairing injuries to his arm and leg were successful, officials said. Initial reports indicated Duarte had been shot several times by a suspect while working an investigation with Chicago police.

Daniel Mageo, a 27-year-old Long Beach, California man, has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of Duarte.

Duarte is a 4-year veteran of the Cicero Police Department.

Thank you all for your thoughts and your prayers. Officer Duarte is feeling much better and he is on the road to recovery. Thanks again for all the support! pic.twitter.com/7ThneKkyOz
— Cicero Police Dept (@TOCPolice) September 18, 2018

Photo: Luis Duarte, the 3rd officer from the left / via Cicero Police Department