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A judge has barred the release of video and other materials related to the investigation into the friendly fire shooting death of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera after the Cook County ...
Story by Julian Crews • 5d CHICAGO (WGN) – The family of fallen Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera is demanding an independent investigation, asking for Illinois State Police to step in.
A judge has barred the release of video and other materials related to the investigation into the friendly fire shooting death of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera, a move that came after the ...
Yolanda Rivera, the mother of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera, is comforted by her lawyer Antonio Romanucci (left) and Rico Thompson, the officer’s stepfather, at a news conference ...
The funeral for fallen Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera was held Wednesday afternoon, after she was shot and killed in the line of duty earlier this month. Rivera, 36, born and raised in the ...
The officer, 36-year-old Krystal Rivera, was fatally wounded by a fellow officer after encountering an armed suspect inside a residence. Another officer was injured, and the suspect is in custody ...
A man has been arrested in connection to a June 5 shooting that killed Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera. The Chicago Police Department announced on June 8 that Adrian Rucker, 25, has been charged ...
Inside one of the building’s apartments, Assistant State’s Attorney Joell Bisceliga said Rivera and her partner found Adrian Rucker, 25, standing behind a sofa with an AR-style pistol.
The partner was the only person who fired a weapon, and the “gunfire unintentionally struck Officer Rivera,” city police said in a statement Friday. An autopsy showed she was shot in the back.
Krystal Rivera, 36, a four-year veteran of the department, is survived by a 10-year-old daughter.