A Markham police officer who found a loaded firearm in a vehicle owned and operated by a convicted murderer, only to be fired when CWBChicago asked the city’s police chief why he ordered the cop to let the convicted felon go, filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the chief and the city on Monday morning.
CWBChicago first reported on the traffic stop and the officer’s firing last week.
Former Markham probationary police officer Kayla Heller alleges she was terminated after reporting to prosecutors and the Illinois State Police that Police Chief Jack Genius ordered the release of Tyrone Muhammad after she discovered a loaded Smith & Wesson inside his Chrysler 300’s center console, according to a complaint filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County…