Rivera, 36, had been a Chicago police officer for four years when she was unintentionally shot and killed by a fellow officer during a foot chase in Chatham on June 5.

Officers carry the casket of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera during her funeral at Living World Christian Center on June 25, 2025, in Forest Park. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) ...

Rivera's aunt, Marisa Mercado, prayed for strength as she spoke about her niece and her path to becoming a police officer. "From early on, it was clear serving and protecting were inherently part ...

The Rivera family's attorneys sent a letter to Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling on June 27, asking for an independent investigation into Rivera's death by Illinois State Police, the release of ...

Let this moment be guided by truth.” Yolanda Rivera and Rico Thompson, the mother and stepfather of Officer Krystal Rivera, with a photo of the officer at their lawyer’s office on Wednesday.

Lawyers announced a civil investigation into the police shooting death of Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera Wednesday. The law firm of Romanucci & Blandin held a news conference Wednesday ...

Chicago cop who inadvertently shot and killed his partner has a lengthy disciplinary record in a short career Officer Carlos A. Baker has had more than a dozen complaints against him, records show.

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 ...

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.

Rivera, 36, born and raised in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, was a single mother to a 10-year-old daughter, and had been with the Chicago Police Department for four years and four months before ...