Rivera was fatally shot by her partner, Officer Carlos Baker, during a June 5 foot chase.
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Chicago Police Told State Officials Officer Krystal Rivera Was Shot by an ‘Armed Suspect,’ Not Her Partner
After Rivera was killed in June by Officer Carlos Baker, officials told the Illinois Department of Labor she’d been gunned down by a barricaded suspect. The police still haven’t corrected that.
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Chicago Cop Who Killed Partner Says He’s the Victim in Wicker Park Bar Fight
Officer Carlos Baker was accused of attacking a female cop at DSTRKT Bar & Grill. He told police he was harassed by two women — the off-duty cop and his girlfriend’s mother, who he said attacked him and referred to him as “a murderer.”
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Family of Slain Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera, Shot in Back by Fellow Officer, Calls For Independent Investigation, Full Transparency From CPD
The family is asking for the Illinois State Police to take over the investigation as their attorney says CPD’s story of what happened doesn’t “pass the smell test.”
