CHICAGO (WGN) — As the community mourns the loss of Officer Krystal Rivera, her friends and colleagues are sharing more about how they’re honoring her memory.

Rivera, four-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was killed after gunfire erupted during a call on the city’s South Side Thursday night.

Her friends say she embodied what it meant to protect and serve the community, and she did it with great pride.

“Just a sad, heavy day for Chicago,” Pastor Donovan Price said.

Rivera was a mother, daughter, friend to many and a protector to countless strangers. She served on the 6Th District Tactical Team, working to make the streets of Chicago safer.

“There’s nothing like walking into a room and having to deliver this type of message to her mother and her very young daughter,” CPD S

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