Autopsy results revealed a major update in the case of Krystal Rivera, the 36-year-old Chicago police officer who was fatally shot by her partner earlier this year.

Officer Rivera was shot from behind, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. The bullet entered her left flank, just missing her bulletproof vest and piercing her lung.

The 36-year-old female Chicago police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty by her partner in June in the city's East Chatham neighborhood after an "investigatory stop" led to a police chase.

The autopsy released Wednesday lists Rivera's manner of death as a homicide.

Her devastated family is asking Chicago police to release the body camera footage, citing her partner's disciplinary record with CPD.

"I need to know what happened that ni

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