Fatal Shooting of Dexter Reed, Jr., by Chicago Police Is Being Investigated

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Fatal Shooting of Dexter Reed, Jr., by Chicago Police Is Being Investigated

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U.S.|Fatal Shooting of Driver by Chicago Police Is Under Investigation

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Chicago police officers stopped Dexter Reed, Jr., last month and fired 96 shots after he fired first and wounded an officer, investigators said.

A man in a black graduation gown with an orange sash and a graduation cap stands between two women, one in a quilted black jacket and the other in a yellow sweatshirt. There are other graduates in the background and people walking around.
Dexter Reed, center, along with his mother Nicole Banks and sister Porscha Banks in 2019. Mr. Reed was fatally shot by Chicago police officers in March after he shot and wounded an officer.Credit…Porscha Banks, via Associated Press

Chicago police officers killed a 26-year-old man during a traffic stop last month, firing an estimated 96 shots after he fired first and wounded an officer, according to the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

The office on Tuesday released body-camera videos and other materials related to the fatal shooting of the man, Dexter Reed, Jr., as it continues to investigate the officers’ use of deadly force.

Here’s what happened.

According to Andrea Kersten, the office’s chief administrator, five plainclothes officers who were assigned to a tactical unit and traveling in an unmarked vehicle stopped Mr. Reed at about 6 p.m. on March 21. Ms. Kersten said the “purported reason” for the stop was that Mr. Reed was not wearing a seatbelt.

After stopping Mr. Reed, officers surrounded his vehicle and began giving him verbal commands, Ms. Kersten said. When Mr. Reed did not comply, officers pointed their guns at him while continuing to shout commands, she said. Less than a minute later, “an exchange of gunfire occurred, leaving Mr. Reed dead and an officer shot in the forearm,” she said.

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Fives plainclothes officers stopped Mr. Reed on March 21, reportedly over a seatbelt violation, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in Chicago.Credit…COPA Chicago

“Preliminary information and available evidence appears to confirm that Mr. Reed fired first, striking one officer,” Ms. Kersten said at a news conference on Tuesday. “The same information also confirms that four different officers returned fire approximately 96 times at Mr. Reed, including after he exited his vehicle and while he was lying on the ground.”

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