Elizabeth French sits with Chicago police officer Joshua Blas and officer Carlos Yanez Jr. and his family during a memorial service marking one year since her daughter, Chicago police officer Ella French, was killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop on Aug. 7, 2022, at the Gold Star Families Memorial in Chicago.
French, her partner and a third officer (Carlos Yanez Jr. and Joshua Blas) were working what is known as the community safety team. It was a Saturday night in the South Side's West Englewood neighborhood and when they stopped an SUV, its driver ran from them and his brother struggled with French and her other partner, Carlos Yanez Jr., before allegedly shooting both in the head.
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