Dexter Reed’s family demands charges against Chicago police officers in fatal shooting

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.

In the evening, the family later joined activists who denounced the actions of the officers involved, and chanted in favor of defunding police.

“This family doesn’t want this to happen to anyone else,” attorney Andrew Stroth said as he stood with the family of 26-year-old Dexter Reed on Tuesday outside the Civilian Office of Police Accountability during the midday hours, after the city’s police oversight agency released video footage from the shooting.

Reed’s family is demanding criminal charges against the officers, and is calling on the Chicago Police Department to disband tactical units like the one involved in the traffic stop and shooting.

COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten said Tuesday the entire incident remains under investigation, but it appears that Reed fired first after officers surrounded his vehicle following a traffic stop in Humboldt Park on March 21.