Chicago P.D. is losing a beloved officer.
LaRoyce Hawkins, who has portrayed Officer Kevin Atwater since the crime-fighting drama debuted in 2014, is leaving the NBC procedural after 13 seasons, E! News has learned.
However, Atwater isn’t turning in his badge just yet as Hawkins will continue his role for several episodes at the top of season 14, set to premiere later this year, to wrap up his character’s storyline.
Season 13 saw Atwater spark a romance with coworker Officer Tasha Fox (Karen Obilom), who relocated to Miami for a new job before learning she’s pregnant with their first baby. So, with Hawkins’ impending departure, the character could be looking to exit Windy City to join Fox and their unborn baby in Florida.
Of course, Hawkins is hardly the first main cast member to make a surprise exit from the Chicago precinct—dating back to Sophia Bush’s surprise exit back in 2017.
Jesse Lee Soffer (Jay Halstead) departed in 2022 before going on to star in FBI: International while Tracy Spiridakos (Detective Hailey Upton) walked away from the series in 2024. Spiridakos is returning to TV this fall as the titular mystery-solving park ranger in USA’s adaptation of the best-selling book series Anna Pigeon.
