Days after an incident at a bar in Wicker Park, the Chicago Police Department on Friday stripped the police powers of the cop who fatally shot Officer Krystal Rivera earlier this year.

A department spokesperson confirmed that Officer Carlos Baker, who is on medical leave from the department, was stripped of his police powers Friday.

Last weekend, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability opened an investigation after Baker allegedly battered an off-duty female CPD officer at a bar in Wicker Park.

A CPD spokesperson would not say what incident prompted Baker to be stripped, though CBS Chicago reported Thursday that Baker attempted to interfere with that investigation by contacting nearby businesses about surveillance footage of the incident.

The alleged incident in Wicker Park came a

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