Man carjacked at gunpoint by person riding scooter on Chicago's West Side
The incident happened just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near Sacramento and Walton in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
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The incident happened just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near Sacramento and Walton in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
His family filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against the city and the five officers involved in the shootout, accusing police of using "brutally violent, militarized policing tactics."
The civil rights lawsuit filed by Reed's mother accuses police of using "brutally violent, militarized policing tactics" during a traffic stop on March 21.
Police said a man on a bike got into an argument with a driver and three passengers at the drive-thru, when he shot the driver.
A COPA news release issued Tuesday indicated that a seatbelt violation was the "purported" reason Reed was pulled over. But a letter issued April 1 expressed that COPA had doubts about this.
Reed's family also is calling on the Chicago Police Department to disband tactical units like the one involved in the traffic stop and shooting.
At the scene, multiple 9mm and rifle casings were found, and one innocent bystander's car was broadsided.
The boy was riding in a car when he was struck by gunfire on North Avenue in Humboldt Park. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said video footage "appears to confirm that Mr. Reed fired first," and four officers returned fire approximately 96 times in 41 seconds.
Some questioned Tuesday whether it was clear, as the Civilian Office of Police Accountability said, that Dexter Reed fired at officers first before he was shot and killed by police. CBS 2's Tara Molina asked COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten about that.
Disturbing video released on Tuesday shows Chicago police officers firing 96 shots during a deadly shootout after a traffic stop last month in Humboldt Park. A police officer was wounded and the driver officers pulled over was killed. As questions swirl about use of force, and whether it was justified in this case, other questions have emerged over why five plainclothes officers circled Dexter Reed's car in the first place.
The family of a man who was shot and killed by Chicago police in Humboldt Park last month raised questions Tuesday about the traffic stop that led to the deadly shootout, as well as why officers fired nearly 100 rounds, calling for criminal charges to be filed.
Body camera video footage released on Tuesday shows the fatal shooting of a man during a police traffic stop last month on Chicago’s West Side. Investigators say the video appears to show 26-year-old Dexter Reed fired first.
Police oversight officials on Tuesday released video of a shootout during a traffic stop last month in Humboldt Park that left 26-year-old Dexter Reed dead and a police officer wounded.
A Chicago Police officer was struck in the wrist during the shootout in which officers killed Dexter Reed.
A 59-year-old man was rescued from the building and was taken to Stroger Hospital with burns to the body in good condition.
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Police say thieves targeted plumbing and electrical businesses between January and March, with the latest happening Friday morning.
Four other officers involved were also taken to the hospital for observation.
Police Supt. Larry Snelling said around 6 p.m., officers pulled over a vehicle in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street, off Avers Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. One man was in the car, and there was an exchange of gunfire between him and the officers.
The shootout followed a traffic stop in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
A Chicago police officer was shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries Thursday evening on the city's West Side.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson presented the official proclamation to the event's founder, Riot Mike.
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