Off-Duty Police Officer Thomas Wortham IV Fatally Shot in South Side Chicago Neighborhood

Chicago off-duty Officer Thomas Wortham IV was gunned down at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday as he was leaving his parents' home off South King Drive. According to the Chicago Sun Times, he was approached by several men who tried to steal his motorcycle. His father, who is a retired Chicago police officer, shot two of the suspects, killing one and wounding the other, police said.
Officer Wortham was shot in the head in the ensuing gunfire. He reportedly died shortly after midnight at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Charges are pending against the injured dirtbag.  It is utterly reprehensible that this man survived two tours of duty in Iraq, only to die in his own city.

Wortham was single and a graduate of Brother Rice High School and had been with the Chicago Police Department for three years, according to police Supt. Jody Weis. He’d been on furlough since returning from his latest military service, said Gushes. She said he was proud to be a cop and proud to serve his community.

His death was even harder to deal with, Gushes said, because “this is the second young officer we’ve lost within a short period of time, and we’re going to have to dig deep within ourselves to get through this.” Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez, 27, who’d also been a Chicago cop for three years, was shot and killed in the line of duty last June. Valadez, who also came from a family of police officers, was a graduate of Brother Rice, like Wortham. Source: Sun Times

I don't hear our so-called civil rights leaders screaming for justice over this death. This is a tragedy. When will the gun violence and crime be reined in.