A West Side traffic stop ended last month with a group of Chicago police officers firing nearly 100 bullets, body-camera footage released to the public Tuesday showed, a barrage that killed a man who apparently first shot an officer in the wrist after he was pulled over for not wearing his seat belt.
At least three of the rounds were fired by police after the man, 26-year-old Dexter Reed, was lying unresponsive on a Humboldt Park street, the footage released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability showed. The video’s release prompted immediate responses from city leaders including Mayor Brandon Johnson, who called the scenes “deeply disturbing,” and “extremely painful and traumatic for many of our city’s residents.”
Nicole Banks, center, walks ahead of protesters and activists during a rally, April 9, 2024, at the Chicago police Harrison District (11th) station after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the March 21 fatal shooting of her son, Dexter Reed Jr., 26, who was killed in an “exchange of gunfire” with officers. (Armando Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
A demonstrator holds up a sign at a protest outside the Chicago Police Department Harrison District (11th) on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the police fatal shooting of Dexter Reed. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Porscha Banks, the sister of Dexter Reed, argues with officers while attending a rally, April 9, 2024, at CPD’s Harrison District (11th) after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed, who was killed in an “exchange of gunfire” with officers on March 21. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Activists and family members argue with officers while attending a rally for Dexter Reed at the Chicago police Harrison District station on April 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Activists and family members argue with police at a rally for Dexter Reed at CPD’s Harrison District (11th) on April 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Holding a sign of her brother, Porscha Banks, the sister of Dexter Reed, argues with officers while attending a protest at the Chicago police Harrison District (11th) station on April 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Activists and family members attend a rally for Dexter Reed at the Chicago police Harrison District (11th) station on April 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Porscha Banks, sister of Dexter Reed, along with others attend a protest at the Chicago police Harrison District (11th) station on April 9, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Activists attend a protest, April 9, 2024, at CPD’s Harrison District (11th) station after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed, 26, who was killed March 21, in an “exchange of gunfire” with officers. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Activists attend a rally at CPD’s Harrison District (11th) station, April 9, 2024, after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed, 26, who was killed March 21, in an “exchange of gunfire” with officers. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
A man is chased during a rally for Dexter Reed at the Chicago police Harrison District (11th) station on April 9, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
A fight breaks out at a rally at the Chicago Police Department’s Harrison District (11th) on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed, 26, by police. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Officers watch protesters during a rally at CPD’s Harrison District (11th) after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed, 26, who was killed March 21, in an “exchange of gunfire” with officers Tuesday April 9, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Porscha Banks, left, is consoled by her mother, Nicole Banks, right, while family members talk about their brother and son, Dexter Reed, on April 9, 2024, outside COPA headquarters. A video of his death in a shooting by Chicago police last month was released today. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
A still image of a video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows a group of Chicago police officers surrounding a vehicle driven by Dexter Reed, 26, moments before an “exchange of gunfire” in which Reed was fatally shot on March 21, 2024 in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. (Chicago Police Department)
Chicago police 11th District Cmdr. Davina Ward, center, instructs officers at the scene of a shooting where Dexter Reed was fatally shot and a police officer was wounded near the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street on March 21, 2024. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
