Overview

• The funeral service for Rivera was held June 25 at Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park, drawing hundreds of uniformed officers, family members, local residents.
• Rivera, a 36-year-old four-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department’s Gresham District tactical team, is survived by her young daughter, Isabella Medina.
• On June 5, Rivera was fatally shot in the back by her partner’s accidental discharge during a chase of armed suspects into an apartment on South Drexel Avenue in Chatham.
• Jaylin Arnold, 27, and Adrian Rucker, 25, have been charged with armed violence and weapons offenses in connection with the shooting.
• The Fraternal Order of Police described Rivera’s death as the department’s first friendly-fire fatality in over four decades, prompting calls for a review of officer safety protocols.