Officer Enrique Martinez, 26, was fatally shot on November 4, 2024, during a traffic stop in the 8000 block of South Ingleside Avenue in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. Officers were speaking with a driver whose vehicle was blocking traffic when a passenger reached toward a bag; that passenger, identified as 23-year-old Darion McMillian, produced a fully automatic handgun with an extended magazine and opened fire. Martinez and the driver were struck; Martinez later died at the University of Chicago Medical Center and the driver died at the scene. McMillian, on electronic monitoring and with a prior felony conviction, fled briefly after crashing the vehicle, was captured about 10 minutes later after cutting off his monitor, and was charged with multiple felonies including first-degree murder of a police officer and possession of a machine gun.

Martinez had served nearly three years with the Chicago Police Department’s 6th District and was recently engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Lesly Hernandez. The community held a visitation at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn and a funeral at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel on November 18, 2024; hundreds attended and flags were ordered flown at half-staff November 14–18, 2024. If anyone witnessed the traffic stop or has information about what happened, please share tips with the Chicago Police.