Sources: Female off-duty CPD officer attacked, allegedly by same officer who fatally shot CPD Officer Krystal Rivera

CHICAGO — A female off-duty Chicago police officer was attacked outside a bar in Wicker Park on Sunday, allegedly by a male off-duty Chicago police officer who sources tell WGN-TV is the same officer who shot and killed his partner during a foot chase earlier this summer.

WGN is not naming the male officer allegedly involved, since he has not been charged with a crime at this point.

According to sources, the off-duty female officer was outside DSTRKT Bar & Grill in Wicker Park, in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on the city’s Northwest Side, waiting for an Uber. She alleges that she was approached by an off-duty male officer and an unknown woman, who demanded that she delete videos on her phone before a verbal argument turned physical.

The off-duty female officer accuses them of beating her in her “facial area” and was able to escape thanks to the help of others nearby, according to sources. She reported pain to her nose and required stitches on her lip.

Sources tell WGN the male off-duty officer is the same officer under investigation for shooting and killing Chicago police officer Krystal Rivera in June as they were both chasing a suspect. Officials have referred to that shooting as “accidental,” while Rivera’s family has asked for an outside investigation.

According to its last update, from June 9, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) said it will to continue to investigate the incident in which Rivera was shot and killed.

It’s unclear what the videos on the female off-duty officer’s phone contained. WGN has reached out to the police union on the incident and has yet to hear back.

WGN also reached out to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA), who confirmed they are in the early stages of investigating Sunday’s incident in Wicker Park.