Family of Chicago cop killed in botched chase sues Chicago Police Department and partner who shot her

The mother of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday in which she says her daughter’s partner, Officer Carlos Baker, was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he fatally shot her during a foot chase on June 5.

The lawsuit, filed in Cook County court against Baker and the Chicago Police Department, says the breakup stemmed from Baker’s infidelity and that Rivera had threatened to tell his live-in girlfriend about their relationship.

Read more about the lawsuit against the City and Baker from Tom Schuba of the Chicago Sun-Times and Casey Toner and Peter Nickeas of the Illinois Answers Project.