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Chicago Police Set June 25 Funeral for Officer Krystal Rivera

Investigators are reviewing bodycam footage of the Chatham pursuit that killed Rivera ahead of her memorial services

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Overview

  • Visitation is scheduled from 2 to 8 p.m. on June 24 at Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home before a noon service on June 25 at Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park.
  • Rivera died on June 5 after being struck by a single friendly fire round during a police chase in the Chatham neighborhood.
  • Twenty-five-year-old Adrian Rucker of Freeport faces armed violence and invalid Firearm Owners Identification charges and remains held pending his next court appearance.
  • Prosecutors say body camera and apartment security footage show Rucker pointing a rifle at officers from behind a couch.
  • The Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the Chicago Police Department are jointly investigating the incident.