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Two Chicago police officers were shot while conducting a traffic stop Saturday night in the Southwest Side’s West Englewood neighborhood.

One officer was killed, another was critically wounded when they pulled over a car with three people inside at S. Bell and 63rd Streets.

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The officer who died has been identified as 29-year-old Ella French, a three year veteran of the Chicago Police Department.

The wounded officer, Carlos Yanez, is listed in stable but serious condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Both officers returned fire, hitting one of the suspects in the car. He was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition is unknown.

He and another male suspect are in police custody. A female suspect was captured Sunday morning, the police commander announced at a press conference.

Over 100 CPD officers did not respond to 911 calls for two hours on Saturday night. They assembled outside the University of Chicago Medical Center, where the female officer was pronounced dead.

Dozens of patrol units with lights flashing lined the streets around the hospital.

French was the first CPD officer to die in the line of duty since Lori Lightfoot was elected mayor of Chicago in 2019.

Her body was escorted to the morgue by somber bagpipes as per tradition when a CPD officer dies in the line of duty.

In chilling police dispatch audio, Yanez was able to give a description of the shooter as a Black male wearing all black.

Both officers were members of the CPD’s Community Safety Team, created last year to help improve community relations in the South and West Sides.

The team was started with 450 officers. 200 more were added this year.

Update: Ella French’s brother, Andrew, told the Chicago Sun-Times in an interview that his sister was not married and did not have any children.