The man accused in the fatal shooting of Chicago police officer Luis Huesca last month was taken into custody using handcuffs belonging to the fallen officer, according to reports.
Xavier Tate, 22, was nabbed in Glendale Heights, a suburb of Chicago, Wednesday night by Chicago police and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
Tate was taken from an apartment building with his hands pinned behind his back by department-issued handcuffs belonging to Huesca, NBC 5 Chicago reported.
He is accused of shooting Huesca, 30, a six-year veteran of the force, on April 21 with a 40-caliber handgun.
The officer had just finished a shift and was headed home in uniform when the shooting happened.
Huesca's Toyota SUV was taken but later recovered, the report said.
The officer's pistol was recovered last Friday during a raid at a home of Tate's relative, Caschaus Tate, who police say tossed the weapon over a fence as officers closed in on him, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
