Torres v. City of Chicago

SIXTH DIVISION

September 17, 2004

No. 1-03-0357

ANGELINA TORRES, Special Administrator ) Appeal from the

of the Estate of Hector Rivera, ) Circuit Court of

Deceased, ) Cook County)

Plaintiff-Appellant, ))

v. ) )

CITY OF CHICAGO, ) Honorable) Barbara A. McDonald,

Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge Presiding

On July 24, 1998, police officers responded to a call to 911 reporting a shooting. When officers arrived at the scene shortly after 2 a.m., Hector Rivera was lying on a bathroom floor, bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. Police called for an ambulance for Rivera an hour and a half later. Rivera died that…