CHICAGO – A Cook County jury on Monday convicted a man of first-degree murder for shooting and killing Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso following a weeklong trial marked by difficult body camera footage of the 2023 slaying.
Despite a long-shot bid from the defense for the lesser included offense of second-degree murder, the jury convicted Steven Montano, 21, of the more serious charge, finding no mitigating circumstances to the shooting after deliberating for less than two hours.
The jury also found Montano guilty of a felony gun offense…