Chicago officer falls ill on-duty, dies

A 25-year Chicago Police veteran suffered a medical crisis this morning and died after being taken to a downtown hospital.
The officer, age 48, was on-duty at the Grand Avenue stop of the CTA Blue Line when he suffered some sort of medical emergency about 9 a.m..
He was in uniform and assigned to a CTA detail at the time.
The officer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in "grave condition" and was declared dead there
The officer, Preston Ross Jr., 48, was on-duty at the Grand Avenue stop of the CTA Blue Line when he suffered some sort of medical emergency about 9 a.m..
Ross, who was assigned to the Morgan Park Police District, was in uniform and assigned to a CTA detail at the time