Krystal Rivera

Death by Force

Krystal Rivera, 36, a female Chicago police officer of Puerto Rican descent, died on June 5, 2025, after being struck by a single round fired by her partner during a late-night foot chase in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. The pursuit began just before 10 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Drexel Avenue as officers moved on a person believed to be armed; inside a small apartment “filled with guns and drugs,” another man raised a rifle toward the officers. In the chaos, Officer Rivera, a four- ...Read More

Chicago Sun-Times: Slain CPD Officer Krystal Rivera's name added to Chicago Police Officers Memorial

Chicago Tribune: Bullet that killed Officer Krystal Rivera struck her from behind in vest opening, according to autopsy

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