The funeral service for fallen CPD officer Enrique Martinez will be streamed live on NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago and in the player above once it begins. It will be available in both Spanish and English. Fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez , who was gunned down during a traffic stop earlier this month, will be laid to rest at a funeral Monday, with dozens of first responders expected to attend. The funeral service comes one day after family and friends lined the sidewalk outside Blake Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn to pay their respects to Martinez at his visitation Sunday. Martinez, 26-year-old, was recently engaged to be married. He was just shy of his third year on with the department when he was fatally shot Nov. 4. while conducting traffic stop near Ingleside Avenue and East 82nd Street. He is the fifth Chicago Police officer to be killed by gunfire in three years. "It's like Chicago is suffering from a form of cancer," Eugene Roy, former Chicago Police chief of detectives said during Sunday's visitation. "It started off mildly enough but now its grown into a full fledged disease and it's taking the lives of our citizens, school kids and even police officers." The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago. A procession is expected to follow the ceremony, and some street closures may be in effect. The ceremony will be streamed live on NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago and in the player above once it begins. It will be available in both Spanish and English.
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