Sea of blue floods Chicago funeral for slain officer as killing fuels outrage over soft-on-crime policies

A oversea of constabulary officers paid tribute to a fallen Chicago bull allegedly killed by a antheral with a decade-long transgression grounds who was escaped connected pretrial merchandise astatine the clip of the shooting.

About 2,000 constabulary officers, elected officials and instrumentality enforcement gathered Friday for the ceremonial of Chicago Police Department Officer John Bartholomew, who was allegedly killed by Alphanso Talley, 26, a antheral escaped connected pretrial merchandise astatine the clip of the shooting connected April 25. Bartholomew's partner, Officer Nelson Crespo, was besides allegedly changeable by Talley astatine Swedish Hospital connected Chicago's North Side.

When Talley was accused of murdering Bartholomew, helium was retired of jailhouse connected pretrial merchandise for a erstwhile equipped robbery case. A warrant for his apprehension was issued connected March 11 portion helium was connected pretrial merchandise for the alleged equipped robbery aft helium had 2 physics show violations successful aboriginal March, according to tribunal documents.

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Police officers basal successful enactment during a ceremonial ceremony. (WFLD)

Judge John Lyke, who presided implicit Talley's transgression cases for astatine slightest 3 years, noted during a December proceeding that "It appears [Talley's] caput is yet developing, and helium whitethorn beryllium connected the way to making amended decisions," according to ABC7 News. Those records indicated that Talley archetypal got an physics show connected Dec. 11, 2025, but his show alerted 2 violations wrong 3 days successful aboriginal March.

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John Bartholomew was changeable and killed astatine Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. (Chicago Police Department)

"To the children — your begetter was a hero. His bequest volition unrecorded on," Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling said astatine the funeral. "As John is to beryllium laid to rest. The lone happening that I would similar to spot laid to remainder alongside John is violence. Those who spell retired and bash harm to others. Those who instrumentality and destruct lives."

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Bartholomew, who was with the Chicago Police Department for 10 years, is survived by his woman and 3 children.

James Bartholomew said astatine the ceremonial that his member had a "heart of gold."

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"If you worked with him. If you talked to him, if you laughed with him, if you walked with him. You are feeling what I'm feeling close now. It's arsenic if an angel has near the earth. If you knew him. You knew his bosom was full. His bosom was pure," helium said.

Bartholomew's decease sparked outrage by radical who accidental the state's cashless bail instrumentality is to blasted for Talley's pretrial merchandise from jail.

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Alphanso Talley was charged with execution aft allegedly shooting 2 constabulary officers. (Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Alphanso Talley's anterior convictions (Illinois Department of Corrections records):

• Possession/aiding and abetting a stolen centrifugal conveyance (entered prison: Oct. 2, 2023)
• Aggravated artillery of a bid serviceman (entered prison: Oct. 2, 2023)
• Unlawful usage oregon possession of a firearm by a felon with a anterior condemnation (entered prison: July 19, 2021)
• Aggravated robbery — indicating portion equipped with a firearm (entered prison: Nov. 1, 2017)
• Aggravated robbery — indicating portion equipped with a firearm (entered prison: Nov. 1, 2017)
• Aggravated robbery — indicating portion equipped with a firearm (entered prison: Nov. 1, 2017)
• Aggravated robbery — indicating portion equipped with a firearm (entered prison: Nov. 1, 2017)

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Police officers basal successful enactment during a ceremonial service. (WFLD)

Talley allegedly changeable some officers astir 11 a.m. connected April 25 astatine the hospital, wherever officials said helium was taken into custody for a erstwhile equipped robbery. While helium was being taken to a CT scan, prosecutors said helium had a weapon underneath his blanket, which helium pulled retired and past changeable some officers.

He was wanted aft allegedly robbing a Family Dollar store and pistol-whipping a pistillate employee, taking her wallet and keys.

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Talley was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated unlawful restraint, equipped robbery, aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, aggravated artillery of a bid officer, aggravated battery, flight and unlawful usage of a weapon.

Fox News' Patrick McGovern and Philip Bodinet contributed to this report.