On March 21, 2024, Dexter Reed was shot and killed by officers of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) in Humboldt Park, Chicago, United States. Reed fired his illegally owned gun and injured a police officer during a traffic stop, then police returned fire, discharging a number of rounds at Reed.[1][2]
The shooting occurred after a traffic stop where undercover officers pulled Reed over for not wearing a seat belt. An officer told Reed to roll down the car window and asked Reed what he was doing. Reed initially rolled the car window down, but then rolled it back up, and the officer repeatedly told him not to. The officer also told Reed to unlock the car door. According to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Reed then shot at the officers, which resulted in the officers shooting him in return, firing 96 shots in total in the span of 41 seconds, resulting in Reed's death.[3][4]
A gun was located in the passenger's seat of Reed's vehicle, along with 11 spent bullet casings.[4][5]
Reed had been shot in August 2021, and afterwards suffered PTSD, short-term memory loss, slurred speech, and blindness in one eye.[4] In 2023, Reed was charged with possession of a firearm with a revoked FOID card, and three counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon; he was on pretrial release at the time of the shooting.[6]
On April 9, 2024, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said, "Shooting a police officer can never be condoned, never excused. I will never stand for that, and neither will the city of Chicago".[7]
CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling said he would not strip the involved officers of their police powers before the investigation.[8]
On April 24, 2024, Reed's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, and the five officers.[9]
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