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Veronica Rizzo-Acevedo

Case from Chicago, IL dated Apr 20, 2014

Victim Details

Veronica Rizzo-Acevedo

March 28, 2022

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Chicago

IL

2014-04-20

50

Veronica

Rizzo-Acevedo

08/02/2026

1


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Veronica Rizzo-Acevedo, a 50-year-old Chicago police officer, was tragically killed on April 20, 2014, in a domestic murder-suicide at her home in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood. Her husband, Javier Acevedo, a 25-year veteran of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, shot Rizzo-Acevedo before turning the gun on himself. Both were long-serving law enforcement officers, with Rizzo-Acevedo serving 18 years in the Chicago Police Department. Their deaths, which occurred on Easter Sunday, deeply affecte ...
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