Pedro Rios Jr, 14
Chicago, Illinois
July 04, 2014
Agencies: Chicago Police Department Illinois
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: over 5 years ago
Overview 
On the Fourth of July 2014, Chicago police shot and killed a 14-year-old child, Pedro Rios Jr. Although the Cook County medical examiner's autopsy revealed that Rios's death was caused by homicide, his official death record, certified by the same agency, reads "suicide" as the manner of death.
That--and many more disturbing details of Chicago police and the Independent Police Review Authority's (IPRA) practices around officer-involved killings--is what Sarah Macaraeg found in part one of her four-part investigation for Truthout.
Legal Action
April 2015 Lawsuit filed
Additional Resources:
- http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/macarthur/projects/police/documents/Appendix%20A%20to%20DOJ%20Complaint.pdf added March 29, 2016 08:29
- http://www.lane-lane.com/news/media-kit-for-chicago-police-shooting-death-of-pedro-rios.cfm added March 29, 2016 08:25
- http://fusion.net/story/115681/chicago-police-are-routinely-mislabeling-police-shootings-in-city-data-report-says/ added March 29, 2016 08:23
- http://www.colorlines.com/articles/death-14-year-old-latino-killed-chicago-police-kill-labeled-suicide added March 29, 2016 08:21
- http://report.wechargegenocide.org/people.html added March 29, 2016 08:20
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-police-shooting-boy-lawsuit-met-20150409-story.html added March 29, 2016 08:19
- https://www.facebook.com/KilledByPolice/posts/862387440456061 added March 29, 2016 08:18
- http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30152-pedro-rios-jr-civil-suit-chicago-police-struck-14-year-old-with-car-prior-to-fatal-shooting added March 29, 2016 08:17
- http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29989-non-fatal-how-a-boy-s-deadly-shooting-by-chicago-police-uncovers-accountability-mechanisms-designed-to-fail added March 29, 2016 08:14