Off Duty Killed
In 018. Details very scarce at the moment.
Prayers all around.
UPDATE: Second person wounded was NOT an officer. An officer was in the back seat but was not wounded. Headline has been changed to reflect this information.
UPDATE: Second person upgraded to critical. It was looking very grim for a while.
UPDATE: Random attack? What the fuck?
UPDATE: Twenty-three year old John Rivera, nephew [corrected] of a retired Chief, senselessly murdered.
Tribune
Sun Times
Prayers all around.
UPDATE: Second person wounded was NOT an officer. An officer was in the back seat but was not wounded. Headline has been changed to reflect this information.
UPDATE: Second person upgraded to critical. It was looking very grim for a while.
UPDATE: Random attack? What the fuck?
UPDATE: Twenty-three year old John Rivera, nephew [corrected] of a retired Chief, senselessly murdered.
Tribune
Sun Times
Labels: officer down, officer injured
posted by SCC at 7:01 AM
95 Comments:
OMG
Terrible
Baby only the force one year, sitting in a car. Horrified
Prayers for all
I beg you, leave this shitty. You and your families deserve a happy, normal community respected, life.
Am beyond words.
With all due respect, as posted here last night,
an update: late Friday night, jury in trial of former
E. Pittsburgh officer Michael Rosfeld returned verdict
of not guilty in the death of Antwon Rose II.
Offices of Attorney representing Rosfeld were shot up
during the night. Attorney is so rattled he is thinking of
premature retirement from practice of law. No police
shot at or injured (so far),
Prayers all around indeed.
Thoughts and prayers, my ass. When do we take the gloves off with these shitheads? The 18th district had several shootings in the area in the last few weeks. What did they do do about the area?
Now two CPD shot don't look đź‘€ good
From what's reported in the Trib, the dead Officer was only 23 years old and on the job for two years. The poor guy had an entire lifetime ahead of him.
And also from the Trib article this attack was unprovoked, so 'could' it have been a targeted hit, the sole purpose was just to kill a Chicago Cop? Unfortunately in today's climate of 'police hate' -- ginned up by the Leftists, bottom-feeding Democrats, and their media lackeys that is more than probable. Annnnnd!... it's become all too common!
I think it's long overdue to where the Murder of a Police Officer is a Capital Offense and on BOTH the State and Federal Level.
Rest In Peace. Thank YOU for your service.
Retired for three years now
Did 31
Watching the sad sad news coverage of this tragedy
And seeing the new generation of police in and around
the crime scene smiling, laughing and twittering away
on their phones
Disgusting
Condolences to the families of the victims. Unleash the "blue tornado" and find these killers and bring them to justice. RIP Officer.
RIP brother in blue🙏🏼
I believe it happened in the tourist laden area of River North.
I'd like to see how this is spun to keep the out of towner$ coming in and $pending.
Prayers..., yet again.
River North is getting really unsafe.
Thank you, liberals for destroying Chicago.
The violent crime in areas of Chicago that previously had not experienced this type of crime will be the legacy of rahm emmanuel as mayor. Thank God that his time in office will be over soon and hopefully this city can begin to heal and recover from the damage that he has done to it.
On Mids 018 is full of bangers driving around stay away.
My prayers go out to them, their families and units of assignments. On another note the 2nd District officers Crashed a loud party disturbance around 3am and made a few Arrest, one Rifle, 7 handguns recovered. This too was a nail biter.
Tragic and devastating. My condolences to the family.
Rest in Peace our brother and prayers as well for our other injured individuals.
Very tragic situation. RIP JR. 018 hasn't been a safe place to come to for the last 10 years, especially overnight. All the shitheads come down there to hang out and cause trouble. It's been said time and time again on this blog, go spend your money in the suburbs. It's a lot safer and cheaper. Don't give this city a penny more than you absolutely have to.
God Bless this young blue stallion. May Gods wings wrap you up in his Devine protection and love. May you now patrol the streets of heaven looking for all the bad guys out there etc etc. Let the protector of the thin blue line and heavenly chief of police in heaven St Michael the archangel love and protect you. This is a horrible tragedy and my blue heart is broken into a million blue pieces. A horrible loss for the blue family and his regular non blue family at home. May we all carry on this warriors memory and hold those accountable accountable. God Bless the sheepdogs who hunt the wolf’s and sheep. Rest easy brother, we got it from here and will carry the flag.
Prayers to his family and friends. Please be safe everyone.
The media was careless in putting out the officers plate and I formation. So sad for all of us. Rest in peace, worst scenario a parent can imagine. In my prayers again, Jesus when does this stop.
Sending a message.......
(Monroeville) police chief said police were keeping an eye
on the suburban office of the attorney who won acquittal,
but the shooting (5 to 8 shots) happened after they were
called away on another matter.
A vehicle was involved but no descriptions as of yet.
Is it true that Superintendent Johnson was in Dubai setting up security for R. Kelly's future events?
What is Special Ed doing in Dubai ?
Retired for three years now
Did 31
Watching the sad sad news coverage of this tragedy
And seeing the new generation of police in and around
the crime scene smiling, laughing and twittering away
on their phones
Disgusting
3/23/2019 09:40:00 AM
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Well said and I agree.
..."think it's long overdue to where the Murder of a Police Officer is a Capital Offense and on BOTH the State and Federal Level."
I agree!
Retired for three years now
Did 31
Watching the sad sad news coverage of this tragedy
And seeing the new generation of police in and around
the crime scene smiling, laughing and twittering away
on their phones
Disgusting...
Watching some of the coverage, I didn't see any of this on there.. If what your saying is true maybe one of us old timers should have a little "back lot" talk with these snowflakes.
I am so very sorry. God bless him,his family and all of you. So very young...deepest condolences as we pray for all of you.
This can't continue
Godspeed Brother
I voted today.....after I said my prayer to St Michael.....
To the family and friends of Officer Rivera, my prayers and deepest sympathy on your loss. Know that you are not alone. We, the brothers and sisters of Officer Rivera, will help you carry on not just in this time of deep sadness, but forevermore.
To the person I just voted for: may you have the wisdom and the guts to return this city to what she once was. To uphold the premise of life and liberty very dear to your heart. To stop the violence that the drug-dealing cartel communities are wreaking on citizens far and wide, rich and poor, black, white, brown and all in between. To hold accountable those that commit crimes, to keep criminals who BELONG in jail, IN JAIL. To stop unleashing violent predators back into society. To do less is to fail....
Cameras everywhere down there.
Should be just a matter of time before they identify these oxygen thiefs.
Let’s see how Kimmie handles this.
It's sad times once again for our brothers in blue.
We have become all too familiar with the tragic deaths of our first responders here in Chicago.
Thank you to our brothers on the CFD who continue to offer their condolences and overall support at this time of sorrow on behalf of the loss of one of our own... "Chicago's Finest."
Tribune reports Superintendent Eddie K in Dubai, unavailable for comment. Is he there on vacation, official business? Is he doing the front-end, security legwork for the huge R Kelly shows? Enquiring minds want to know!
RIP OFFICER IN BLUE !!!!
When coppers are getting whacked and lit up in the busiest nightlife district of Chicago it's lights out! RIP to this young Officer and GodBless his family!
But, it's over! Back in the day, The Task Force, Gangs, SOS, every tactical team in the city would be sent. Answers would come and everyone would NEGLIGENCE!
23+ rounds fired, this was an assassination!
Where is Lightfoot and Preckwinkle now???
Vote accordingly!
Our vote matters! This Officer was Hispanic, the Latino vote matters, where is Lightfoot and Preckwinkle?
Officers, pay attention! Guide your family and friends, neighbors. We are at a breaking
Point, this election determines the fate of Chicago. If things go bad, everyone will flee and it's finished!
This Officer's death is an unfortunate barometer of the political climate. It reveals the truth of how unlawful, unpoliced and dangerous the downtown area is today. Chicago is no longer a SAFE city! The El is no longer safe to ride any line, the streets are not safe at night! As a copper, we know, we have a hand close to our pistols and we are vigilant, but this illustrates how bad things are today in Chicago.
Maybe President Duerte is right?
The Commies want Anarchy and Chaos, Civil Disorder and Death! The police walk the line and hold the Gates of Hell back everyday, every hour! When a Centurion falls, We weep, Heaven Calls! St Michael Guide Us and Protect Us!
Loop and Gold coast is out of control
Need Vri in River North
Maybe we can pretend this didn't happen, or display this horrendous murder of a Chicago Police Officer and hope that the people are immune to this violence and usurpation of the law!
How about this!
We the people, Demand Answers and Action! We want heads or bodies, We Demand Justice! All Lives Matter, Not Blue Lives Don't Matter!!!
Where is Sharpton, Phlaeger,Jackson, Chuey Garcia, and the King Pimp Rahm Emmanuel???
I guess McCarthy, Joyce and Vallas aren't campaigning anymore and it's just a copper that got murdered anyway, in Chicago's most prime neighborhood!
Once again, Rest In Peace, fallen officer. After a bit of back and forth, I am firmly convinced capital punishment is appropriate here and in the last case as well. Some people just need killing!
Not to take away from our fallen officer, but I have worked side jobs in River North for years and constantly have seen the neighborhood go from bad to worse. River North at 3:00 in the morning is nothing but Englewood with a Bub City. They should open these clubs at 63rd and Halstead where they belong. Even the far left liberals in that neighborhood agree me with.
Another note, when the desk crew asks me to go get food from Mr. Greek at 3:00 in the morning, I tell them to use grub hub cause there is another shithead club that opened up a few doors down. Just a matter of time before that place really blows up and I'm not the one who is going to be standing in line full uniform with a bunch of drunk shitheads.
It’s like you can’t trust anybody from the community.
Johnson and Google eyes said this is random? And no other interaction between the shooters and the victims?
Who are they kidding? This was not random. Something's up. The victims were followed and tracked by these guys.
As evil as these gang bangers are, they don't just unload a gun on random people who just so happen to be two officers.
IL needs to reinstate the death penalty and these offenders need to be be hung.
Tragedy. RIP.
“So much more than just a cop”. Fuck you michelle from ABC 7
Anonymous Anonymous said...
With all due respect, as posted here last night,
an update: late Friday night, jury in trial of former
E. Pittsburgh officer Michael Rosfeld returned verdict
of not guilty in the death of Antwon Rose II.
Offices of Attorney representing Rosfeld were shot up
during the night. Attorney is so rattled he is thinking of
premature retirement from practice of law. No police
shot at or injured (so far),
3/23/2019 08:19:00 AM
Thank you for representing the officer, retire......... However, attorneys will no longer be necessary since there will be no such thing as crime in the future....peeps will be allowed to do whatever with no consequences...
Newbees more interested in forming the procession. A waste of time. The shooters are out there somewhere. Start looking and stopping the mutts in the area. The procession won't solve the case. The shooting of a PO should cause terror to rain down on the criminal element.
Very sad.
Was the retired Rivera from 025 and IAD?
Some citizens are speculating that the two off-duty officers were "targeted" because of their patrol activity in the distant 6th District.
However, this shooting occurred thirteen miles north of the Gresham station, 7808 S. Halsted St.
Unless there was a confrontation or someone made their CPD status known to a cop killer wannabe in 018 last night, the logical hypothesis is that the murder was a random act.
Condolences to Officer Rivera's family, friends and co-workers. May God bless him and the CPD.
Did he have an FOP sticker on his bumper?
So...
The Joyful Haters at the Scum-Times and Fibune
have been gleefully piling on JVD with their
hate-laden screeds about how "unjust" it is that
he has somehow "escaped" the community's "revenge."
Thusly... It is not a stretch at all to describe
what happened to this young Police Officer as
yet another display of the community's "revenge."
When a demographic subset willfully and deliberately
chooses to dwell outside the bounds of civilized
society and yet loudly demand tribute from the
civilized society they so openly hate and revile.
God Bless the fallen.
Godspeed and a full recovery to the injured.
My prayers to his friend, family and coworkers. Sorry for your loss.
He was such a good Kid. RIP JPR
My God bless his soul - thank you for your service young man - you and your family are in my prayers.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Retired for three years now
Did 31
Watching the sad sad news coverage of this tragedy
And seeing the new generation of police in and around
the crime scene smiling, laughing and twittering away
on their phones
Disgusting
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I hope you’re a troll because you sound like an idiot. Everyone there was professional and did their job correctly. Not one “new generation” police officer was smiling and tweeting on their phone. Dinosaur. “Old man yells at cloud” should be your blog name.
This is the sad part about policing. I came on in the late 90's and no longer get it. We would F$ck up every witness, run every tag, every one to get the shooter. But, it's 2019, I don't get it.
The last 10 years have gotten worst in reguards to crime, shooting, and robberies etc...hmmmmmm I wonder why. Only need to blame the liberal Democrats. They are the ones that caused all this
Anonymous Anonymous said...
What is Special Ed doing in Dubai ?
3/23/2019 03:48:00 PM
Getting the 72 Virgins ready for R Kelly.
Bring back stop and frisk.
They have made the affluent areas their ghetto playground.
R.I.P. Officer Rivera, thanks for the job you have done.
Your time has been stolen from you but you are loved.
http://www.cwbchicago.com/2019/03/murder-of-off-duty-officer-captured.html
Investigators who are working a double-shooting in River North early Saturday that left an off-duty Chicago police officer dead and his friend critically wounded are considering the possibility that the men were misidentified by the killer, according to a CPD source.
While stressing that the investigation is on-going, the source said that police are looking at possible connections to an incident one hour before the shooting at the former Rock’n’Roll McDonald’s.
dA rEEl POleece said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Retired for three years now
Did 31
Watching the sad sad news coverage of this tragedy
And seeing the new generation of police in and around
the crime scene smiling, laughing and twittering away
on their phones
Disgusting
Apparently you was a house mouse for those 31 years if not then you’ll know we smile and laugh to release any built up stressors and pressures we get from going to crime scenes, and how do you know they were “twittering” did you see the phone screen eagle eye ? But I forgot the only pressure you had from being a house mouse was “am I’m going back on the street?”
"Anonymous said...
Loop and Gold coast is out of control
Need Vri in River North" WHAT???? What's VRI going to do? You can send the whole Chgo police dept to that area and it's not going to change anything with the New CPD rules and consent decree in place. With hands tied and blinders on how can the police do anything? Look at the stats from Baltimore. It's out of control after the Freddie Grey fiasco. Yheres no turning back, Chicago is done for. Sad thing is this mentality is going viral and I'm afraid soon there will be no where left in this country to escape to. I've got 3 yrs to go and once done I wish I could click my heels together and go somewhere where there are sane civilized laws and people.
“Loop and Gold coast is out of control
Need Vri in River North“
VRI? Sleepy people in a van? who would want that? It’s should be called DRI (donuts reduction initiative). So much money wasted for this and no result.
3/23/2019 07:40:00 PM
So true, Red line is no go zone, organge, pink, blue rush hour maybe. Downtown covered in malcreantants/criminals. Water Tower, River North Hell No!
Unitl the Judges keep these bastards in jail, nothing will change. Judges are the real scum in the City.
River north and this horrible tragedy is the result of subsidized housing in every building, single parent doped put households, and social justice warriors turning courts and jails into revolving doors.
Everyone write your aldercreatures and every politico up the food chain and demand change. Injuring any PO shpuld be an automatic lrngthy sentence. Murdering a PO, the death penalty. Time taxpayers took back our money and put it to good use. Time to build jails and real victim rights. Time to retrin, rebuild and recivilize the savage animals who res0ect nothing.
Prayers to all. This ypung man and his friends were only puppies and kitties with full normal lives ahead, now taken away for stupid reasons.
It's timeto stand and make damned sure this is the last PO attacked. Stand up everyone. They're winning because we stand down. Look at the hell the demonrats pull everyday whilst covering up their crimes or mugging for the red carpet cameras. Find any dirt you can and expose these freaks. Demand safe communities. Arm up, crime is low when everyone is armed. No more ghetto lottery. No more funnin. Demand real change and return to RGod, respect and honest behavior.
God bless each of you
ghetto crime infested neighborhoods hate the police , but millions $$$ spent on overtime , specialized units attempting to stop crime , stopping all suspicious persons gang members , drug dealers
Now neighborhoods that want Police on Patrol Near North , Mag Mile ,Lincoln Park , BOys town , Lake View , Edison Park Southwest side of Chicago where a beat car patrols an area the size of most ghetto sectors get No extra help , Police are not able to stop and frisk the thugs on foot , driving in cars looking for their next victim . this cancer is spreading to western , north suburbs because criminals go unchallenged . play race card .
The longer it takes to get the mutts who did this off the street, the more likely others will try the same thing. Maybe politicians will be the next victims, or judges, or even family members! This cannot go unchallenged!
Newbees more interested in forming the procession. A waste of time. The shooters are out there somewhere. Start looking and stopping the mutts in the area. The procession won't solve the case. The shooting of a PO should cause terror to rain down on the criminal element.
Yep.. they love the Instagram shot of all the cars in procession. It’s actually sickening. Neighborhoods would be on full lockdown with coppers spread out across an area for miles. There are millions of cameras down down. Get out of the damn procession and line every block and start canvassing. Every video system you find ask to look at the video or just document its location. After your canvass take you paper with the locations and give it too the detectives. Then wait for orders from the detectives of the next step.
I remember the good Sgt at check off say , "Straight home" Best advice. Lov ya Sgt.
I guess McCarthy, Joyce and Vallas aren't campaigning anymore and it's just a copper that got murdered anyway, in Chicago's most prime neighborhood!
3/23/2019 08:17:00 PM
Vallas issued a statement the morning after the incident. He's a good man, whether running for office, or not.
Condolences to our brothers in blue, who have the hardest and most thankless job in the city.
God bless you, Officer Rivera. May our Lord Jesus Christ accept your young soul in His heavenly kingdom.
Sad what this Chicago Police Department has become. These oxygen thieves declared war at the police when BHO took the office in the White House. What’s even more sad is the ball less commands running this department, caved in to the liberal Democrats, whose only mission is to destroy this nation.
Now, you have Tact Sgt’ and LT’s telling the guys to produce or else. Just look at the recent arrests most of these Tact Teams made. Most are TVB’s. Pathetic!
One of our own was ambushed and killed. Not one of these Supervisors in our District dared to address the troops at roll call. Whether that MF’er knew or not that PO Rivera was a cop, every COP in this city should looking for these F’ing animals..
I’m sorry. May you Rest In Peace, Officer Rivera.
Amazing. CBS reporting that a dozen officers assigned to this case. So you think a certain actor with an ego problem needed TWENTY to investigate the “hate crime”. Hmmm priorities priorities.
The video is crystal clear of the killing . Its heart wrenching to watch . The killers hardly even ran afterwards , the lack of caring or fear is astonishing. It was like littering , they are complete savages . I dont know a better word . Animals dont do this .
We can thank Barak Hussein Obama for the war on police and their deaths. The media never blames him for all the rhetoric he spoke of every police involved shooting before he even knew the facts. For him and prickwinkle it is just blame the police who are all racist!
Absolutely heartbreaking,yet another honest,intelligent, respectable man who become a cop which to me, was always was an honorable, admirable profession and still is. The only ones who glorify the POS who roam the streets are the other POS who break the law and blame the police. We love our police, bring back SOS, gang crimes, city wide saturation. Im a taxpayer and I want to be safe, not afraid of the savages who have no morals or remorse, let them rot in hell.
Newbees more interested in forming the procession. A waste of time. The shooters are out there somewhere. Start looking and stopping the mutts in the area. The procession won't solve the case. The shooting of a PO should cause terror to rain down on the criminal element.
3/23/2019 10:57:00 PM
Relax Francis. Let them honor the dead policeman. There were shitloads of detectives and po’s working on lots of leads. Dude is in custody already which is proof of that.
You do realize that the area of incident is not the indigous environment of a mutt. Many things at once must happen. The loss of a po must be mourned and a rabid human must be found to be brought to justice
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Newbees more interested in forming the procession. A waste of time. The shooters are out there somewhere. Start looking and stopping the mutts in the area. The procession won't solve the case. The shooting of a PO should cause terror to rain down on the criminal element.
3/23/2019 10:57:00 PM
Relax Francis. Let them honor the dead policeman. There were shitloads of detectives and po’s working on lots of leads. Dude is in custody already which is proof of that.
3/24/2019 04:28:00 PM
31 years is right
Using humor to cope with this job is not to display when in public view on a crime scene
And if you can’t even remember that on the crime scene of a slain policeman, then you don’t belong on the job
RIP News reporting offender was a former recruit??? Doesn't all that psych testing we do weed (no pun intended) out killers... oh wait, is this what they meant when they said be the change
3/24/2019 01:34:00 PM
Thank you my words also.
Rest in Peace Sir. The father must be devastated. My utmost prayers to the family.
I just want to thank all my brothers and sisters in blue that helped us gather the hundreds of hours of video, and leads that helped us get a quick identification, arrest and confession from this deranged animal. RIP Rivera, we have your back; No matter what the world thinks of us, we didn't stop working until we caught the savage. Unfortunately, no amount of good police work will bring you back to us!
Anonymous CFD, retired said...
Condolences to our brothers in blue, who have the hardest and most thankless job in the city.
3/24/2019 01:11:00 PM
Thank you sir or mam! We appreciate the CFD, and we know that you are one of the few groups that can relate to our loss! Your kind words are appreciated!
Anonymous said...
Newbees more interested in forming the procession. A waste of time. The shooters are out there somewhere. Start looking and stopping the mutts in the area. The procession won't solve the case. The shooting of a PO should cause terror to rain down on the criminal element.
3/23/2019 10:57:00 PM
And if you were not a Monday Quarterbacking couch potato, you would have seen the hundreds of officers and detectives that couldn't pay their respects because they were running down witnesses, video and any other leads.
A generation ago, I was a daily reader of the Chicago Tribune newspaper. I would not spend a penny a year for a subscription to that ultraliberal yellow rag with its City Hall propaganda and often "fake news". Burn in hell, Bruce Dold. I do have a modicum of respect for John Kass.
We were in a restaurant this morning. I picked up the house copy of Section One. Their abysmal coverage of the murder of Officer Rivera appeared all the way back on page eleven.
As we morn again our brothers, never forget who created a once great city and turned it into Mogadishu. The One Party State, the Democrats. God bless those that protect us, for they are the barrier between civil society and anarchy. Thank you and find the vermin.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
31 years is right
Using humor to cope with this job is not to display when in public view on a crime scene
And if you can’t even remember that on the crime scene of a slain policeman, then you don’t belong on the job
3/24/2019 08:19:00 PM
You dont stand around the crime scene with no useful purpose, you go out and look for the bad guys.
And what exactly do all the cameras do?
God Bless John Rivera one of Chicago’s Finest for caring on the Tradition as a real Hero and living his life long Dream.
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