The funeral services for Officer Krystal Rivera, a Chicago police officer who tragically lost her life to friendly fire, will take place next week as confirmed by the Chicago police on Monday.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. June 24 at Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home, located at 6901 W. Belmont Ave.
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The funeral service will be held at noon on June 25 at Living Word Christian Center, located at 7600 Roosevelt Road in Forest Park.
Adrian Rucker, aged 25 and hailing from Freeport, has been charged with multiple offenses in connection to the fatal shooting, which include armed violence and possession of an invalid Firearm Owners Identification card.
Rivera was shot and killed June 5.
According to prosecutors, Rucker was inside a Chatham apartment when police came in, chasing after an armed suspect.
According to prosecutors, during the pursuit of Rucker, both police body camera footage and surveillance video from the apartment documented the moment when Rucker aimed a rifle at the officers from his position behind a couch in the apartment.
Prosecutors said the officers then kept running after the first armed suspect outside of the unit, in the hallway. And that’s where police said an officer unintentionally shot Rivera in the back during the pursuit. That was only shot fired that night.
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