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Chicago police say an officer was accidentally shot and killed by her partner (apnews.com)

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CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer was unintentionally shot and killed by her partner after they chased a suspect into an apartment and encountered another person with a rifle, officials said.

Krystal Rivera, 36, a four-year veteran of the department, is survived by a 10-year-old daughter.

The partner was the only person who fired a weapon, and the “gunfire unintentionally struck Officer Rivera,” city police said in a statement Friday. An autopsy showed she was shot in the back.

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

In the military we had gun safety classes for those with personally owned firearms every time we got to a new duty station as part of the on-boarding process

Each one brought in a local cop to talk and inevitably in every talk they tell a story about their own negligent discharge of a firearm that nearly killed someone

I was in the military for almost 10 years, handled countless number of loaded weapons and I never once had a negligent discharge

Cops in general appear to have a problem with it though, maybe we should be the ones giving them the classes

[–] dinren@discuss.online 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All cops are fucktards who cannot handle firearms. This is why cops should have tasers and sticks.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

remember the acorn incident, and they kept missing someone defending thier home.

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