Overview

• Prosecutors said body camera and security footage show Rucker pointing a rifle at officers behind a couch inside a Chatham apartment.
• Rucker had six active warrants and now faces charges including armed violence, illegal firearm possession, controlled substance possession and fraudulent identification.
• The partner’s single shot struck Rivera in the upper back outside her bulletproof vest and she died shortly after at a hospital.
• Investigators recovered three firearms, a 60-round drum magazine, ammunition, suspected narcotics and multiple fake IDs from the apartment.
• Rucker was detained after fleeing the scene and is being held pending further court proceedings as the CPD continues its investigation.