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 affected their families and colleagues, shedding light on the challenges of domestic violence even among law enforcement personnel.
