Overview

• Chicago police responded around 7:30 p.m. Sunday to Ald. Andre Vasquez’s 40th Ward office in the 5600 block of North Western Avenue.
• Officers found a dead rat on the doorstep and a handwritten letter that used dehumanizing language about undocumented immigrants.
• Vasquez said the note included a threat and referred to undocumented immigrants as “vermin.”
• Area Three detectives opened an investigation, and police reported no arrests as of Monday.
• Vasquez said his office will remain open as he cooperates with police, noting the incident follows DHS’s Operation Midway Blitz and an ICE agent’s fatal shooting during a vehicle stop in Franklin Park.