Chicago cop shot and killed by fellow officer throughout tactical operation | EUROtoday

A Chicago police officer was by accident shot and killed by a fellow officer whereas pursuing a suspect on the town’s south aspect.

Krystal Rivera, a 36-year-old single mom who had spent 4 years on the pressure, was rushed to the hospital in a squad automobile after taking a gunshot wound to the again. The automobile she was touring in bizarrely crashed and caught on fireplace, and he or she needed to be transferred into one other automobile to finish the journey.

The incident occurred at round 9:50 p.m. Thursday whereas Rivera and the Gresham (sixth) District tactical group tried to conduct an investigatory cease on an individual believed to have a weapon. Her demise was later dominated a murder.

Rivera’s daughter, Bella Medina, 10, advised The Chicago Sun-Times that her mom hugged her tighter than standard when she left for work on Thursday morning.

“When she said bye, it’s like she had a feeling. She gave me the biggest hug, biggest kiss, and she said, ‘If anything happens, I’m always right here,’ in my heart.” Rivera’s sister described Medina as her life.

Bella’s eleventh birthday celebration was scheduled to happen this weekend.

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“As released in yesterday’s preliminary statement, an officer discharged his weapon during the encounter with an armed offender,” a CPD assertion learn on Friday. “Further investigation revealed the only weapon discharged during this incident was the weapon of the officer, whose gunfire unintentionally struck Officer Rivera.”

At a press briefing early on Friday morning, Superintendent Larry Snelling advised reporters that Rivera and one other officer had been following the suspect on foot and had chased him right into a constructing.

Inside, the officers encountered the suspect armed with a rifle. During the confrontation, one other Chicago police officer fired pictures, hitting Rivera. Several suspects at the moment are in custody, in keeping with Snelling.

Snelling described Rivera as “young, vibrant, and a hard worker,” highlighting that she had confiscated and processed two weapons that day previous to the incident.

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“She did great work, and if you talk to anyone on her team, they will tell you how great of a worker she was,” he mentioned. “This is the risk that our officers take every single day.”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson additionally spoke on the briefing, saying, “The entire city of Chicago is grieving and mourning together over this tragic loss.”

“This young woman served honorably and courageously,” he mentioned. “I’m calling on the entire city of Chicago to keep this officer’s family in your prayers, along with our entire police department. Her young, energetic, and bold approach towards keeping us safe is the memory that we will honor, and I will assure that our police department has everything that it needs in order to render justice.”

Her 10-year-old daughter survives Rivera.

Pastor Donovan Price advised ABC Chicago that he prayed with Rivera’s fellow officers throughout roll name after her demise.

“It reminds me of a typical family when they found out something terrible happened. They’re crying, emotional. With these officers, a lot of them are young. You can look in their eyes that it could have almost been them.”

Friends advised the community that Rivera dreamed of being a police officer since she was an adolescent,