Crime & Safety
Menelik Jackson Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For 2019 Murder Of CPD Officer Juan Rivera
"In an act of cowardice, Mr. Jackson went to get a gun to settle this petty dispute, which resulted in him murdering a Hispanic man."
Updated on: April 23, 2025
A man has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for the 2019 murder of a Chicago police officer outside the former Rock-n-Roll McDonald's in the River North neighborhood.
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Menelik Jackson, 30, was convicted in October on two counts of murder, one count of aggravated battery, and two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm in the shooting death of CPD officer John Rivera.
Police have said Jackson and Jaquan Washington got into a fight with a group of Hispanic men on a party bus at the flagship McDonald's restaurant at 600 N. Clark St. in the early morning March 23, 2019.
