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FILE - In this Friday, March 13, 2020, file photo, Shomari Legghette listens as the jury finds him guilty of first-degree murder in the Feb. 13, 2018, killing of Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer, at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. Legghette was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, to life in prison. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

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Attorney Scott Kamin speaks during opening statements in the trial of his client, Shomari Legghette, right, during Legghette's murder trial on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Legghette's accused of killing Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Feb. 13, 2018. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Self-defense? Man stands trial in killing of Chicago officer

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Grand jury indicts man in Chicago police commander’s death

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18th District Chicago police officers hold programs during the funeral mass for their slain commander, Chicago police Commander Paul Bauer, at Nativity of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church Saturday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Chicago. Bauer died Tuesday when he was shot six times while pursuing a suspect he was attempting to detain downtown Chicago. Officials have charged 44-year-old Shomari Legghette with the 53-year-old commander's killing. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Mourners: Slain Chicago officer was ‘one of the good guys’

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People attend the funeral mass of Chicago police Commander Paul Bauer at Nativity of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church Saturday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Chicago. Bauer died Tuesday when he was shot six times while pursuing a suspect he was attempting to detain downtown Chicago. Officials have charged 44-year-old Shomari Legghette with the 53-year-old commander's killing. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

The Latest: Slain Chicago officer remembered as ‘model cop’

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Inmates who clapped for cop death suspect may face reprisals

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This undated photo provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Shomari Legghette. Legghette has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer. Bauer was killed after a foot chase Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in downtown Chicago. He was shot in the head by a suspect carrying a semi-automatic handgun equipped with an extended clip of ammunition, a police official told The Associated Press. Bauer had been on the police force for 31 years. (Chicago Police Department via AP)

Prosecutor: Slain police commander was shot 6 times

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Chicago Fire Department members put up a U.S. flag to fly above Harrison Street before the body of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer is transported to the Cook County Medical Examiner in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The off-duty police commander was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in downtown Chicago after he spotted a man matching the radio description of an armed suspect officers were chasing on foot, the city's police superintendent said. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)

The Latest: Funeral services set for slain police commander

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In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo, then Chicago police Capt. Paul Bauer takes part in the arrest of a protester outside an Apple store on Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Promoted to commander, Bauer, 53, a 31-year veteran of the department, was fatally shot Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in downtown Chicago after he spotted a man matching the radio description of an armed suspect officers were chasing on foot, the city's police superintendent said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Suspect in Chicago police death charged with murder

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Police guard the crime scene after an off-duty Chicago police officer was shot at the James R. Thompson Center, in Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the off-duty officer was shot around 2 p.m. Tuesday at the James R. Thompson Center. Guglielmi says the preliminary information is that the shooting happened just outside the building. The officer was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot during pursuit

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