A Cook dinner County jury on Tuesday discovered a person responsible of homicide within the capturing demise of an off-duty Chicago police officer in River North in 2019, in accordance with courtroom information.
Menelik Jackson, 29, was convicted of homicide and aggravated battery within the deadly capturing of Officer John Rivera, 23, which additionally injured one other man, following a jury trial that started final week.
Rivera was sitting in a parked automobile within the the 700 block of North Clark Road with a minimum of one different off-duty officer when assailants walked up and fired into the car, killing Rivera and wounding one other occupant of the automobile, police mentioned.
Rivera, a resident of the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Facet who had nearly reached two years on the drive, was described by colleagues as a hard-working officer who “beloved going out on patrol.”
Rivera and his three companions had been at Stout Barrel Home & Pizzeria, 642 N. Clark St., earlier than the capturing, then-Superintendent Eddie Johnson mentioned on the time.
“They had been all associates going out to have an excellent time,’’ Johnson mentioned of the group.
Jaquan Washington, a co-defendant, entered a responsible plea final 12 months, however has not but been sentenced. A 3rd defendant, Jovan Battle, was convicted of homicide by a jury in 2019 and sentenced to 65 years in jail, although he’s combating the conviction.
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