Officer Ella French, a 29-year-old Chicago police officer, was killed on August 7, 2021, during a routine traffic stop on the city’s South Side. French and her partner, Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., were involved in an exchange of gunfire; French was fatally shot and Yanez was critically wounded. The stop involved a vehicle occupied by two brothers, Emonte Morgan, 21, and Eric Morgan, 22.

Authorities charged Emonte Morgan with first-degree murder, attempted murder and related counts; Eric Morgan faced weapons and obstruction charges. Jamel Danzy, 29, from Hammond, Indiana, was charged with purchasing and supplying the semi-automatic handgun used in the shooting to a person prohibited from owning firearms. Body-worn camera footage from the officers was presented at trial and described as showing the moments leading up to and during the shooting.

Officer French’s death was the first fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer in the line of duty since 2018 and the first female officer killed on the job in 33 years. Does anyone have firsthand information about the traffic stop or the vehicle involved that could help clarify what happened that night?