Officer Ella French

Months after he was critically wounded in a shooting that killed his partner, Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr. was released from a rehabilitation center Thursday, with a big celebration.

More than a month and a half after he was critically wounded in a shooting, Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr. is slowly recovering and faces a long road ahead, family members say.

The 21-year-old man charged with fatally shooting Chicago Police Officer Ella French and injuring her partner appeared before a judge Monday, in a courtroom packed with law enforcement and her partner’s family.

Chicago police officers and the family of injured officer Carlos Yanez Jr. came face-to-face in court Monday with the man accused of injuring Yanez and fatally shooting Chicago Police Officer Ella French. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Hundreds gathered at a Chicago chapel Thursday to pay tribute to fallen police Officer Ella French, a 29-year-old shot and killed in the line of duty when a traffic stop turned violent earlier this month.

Hundreds gathered at a Chicago chapel Thursday to pay tribute to fallen police Officer Ella French, a 29-year-old shot and killed in the line of duty when a traffic stop turned violent earlier this month. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

At the funeral of fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French, her partner’s father shared an emotional speech on behalf of his son, who is continuing to recover in the hospital.

Fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French was laid to rest Thursday, as thousands gathered to pay their respects and honor French’s life. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

From street corners to the front steps of the church, Chicagoans showed their support for police while paying respects to fallen Officer Ella French in their own way. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

“We have to come together around this simple message that we need each other,” says mayor Lori Lightfoot after attending the funeral paying tribute to fallen Police Officer Ella French, a 29-year-old shot and killed in the line of duty when a traffic stop turned violent earlier this month, as she was laid to rest Thursday.

At her daughter’s funeral, Officer Ella French’s mother stood before the packed church filled with police, first responders and city officials with what she said was only half her heart.

Fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French’s partner Officer Josh Blas shares memories of their time together in an emotional speech at her funeral on Thursday.

Elizabeth French, the mother of fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French, delivered an emotional eulogy at her daughter’s funeral Thursday.

Multiple officers and a teenager were taken to hospitals due to heat during the funeral for Chicago Police Officer Ella French, fire officials said.

The father of Officer Carlos Yanez, Ella French’s partner who was critically wounded during the shooting that killed her and is continuing to recover in the hospital, said he brought with him a T-shirt from his son, who asked that it be given to French because he wanted “a little bit of me to be with her.”

Cardinal Blase Cupich delivered the homily at the funeral for fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French on Thursday.

Hundreds of police officers from all over the country on Thursday attended the funeral of Chicago Police Officer Ella French, 29, who was shot and killed earlier this month when a traffic stop turned violent.

Chicago Police Officer Ella French, a 29-year-old shot and killed in the line of duty when a traffic stop turned violent earlier this month, is being laid to rest Thursday.

A funeral will be held Thursday for Chicago Police Officer Ella French, who was shot and killed when a traffic stop turned violent earlier this month. Jen DeSalvo reports.

Hundreds gathered at a Chicago chapel Thursday to pay tribute to fallen police Officer Ella French, a 29-year-old shot and killed in the line of duty when a traffic stop turned violent earlier this month.