LaRoyce Hawkins finished filming his final episode of Chicago P.D. on August 14, closing out a 13-season run that will carry into the show’s 14th season on Wednesday, October 7. The wrap gives Chicago P.D. viewers a clearer line between Hawkins’ exit and Kevin Atwater’s next chapter, even if the exact exit path is still being kept off-screen.
Sheila R. Brown wrote, “Yesterday, @laroycehawkins filmed his final episode of #ChicagoPD. His hard work paid off with 13 seasons on the show” and later added, “He was celebrated all day (and night). We will miss Kevin Atwater! However, I can't wait to see what unfolds next for you, my friend. Bravo!” That is the clearest marker of how the production handled the finish: the final day was treated as a sendoff, not a quiet handoff.
August 14 and August 15
Marina Squerciati added another layer on August 15, posting photos of the Chicago P.D. cast and former cast members sending off Hawkins and tagging him in her caption. Her line, “sending off one of the best,” put the wrap in plain terms: this was a cast event with Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Miranda Rae Mayo, Arienne Mandi, and Benjamin Levy Aguilar in the room, not just a production note.
That turnout matters because Hawkins was expected to appear in two or three episodes to finish Officer Kevin Atwater’s storyline, and a final filming wrap after August 14 points more toward the two-episode side of that range. Chicago P.D. had already announced his departure on July 2, so this August footage turns a broader exit notice into a finished production timeline.
Kevin Atwater in Season 14
The practical takeaway for Chicago P.D. viewers is straightforward: the show is keeping Atwater’s exit inside the story, and not killing him off. That leaves the series room to write the character out while preserving the option for later appearances, which is the cleaner move for a long-running ensemble than a hard end.
LaRoyce Hawkins Chicago P.d. Exit makes the timeline harder to mistake: July 2 brought the departure news, August 14 marked the final filming day, and Wednesday, October 7 is when Season 14 arrives. The open question now is how exactly Kevin Atwater will be written out of Chicago P.D., because the production already did the part that matters most to the cast — it gave Hawkins a full sendoff.
