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Questions could linger after video of fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed roils city

A still image from 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 — A day after the release of body-worn camera footage that showed Chicago police officers firing 96 times at Dexter Reed last month after he apparently shot and wounded a tactical cop during a traffic stop, questions remained over the circumstances of Reed’s killing and what effect it could have on policing here.

How many of the officers’ bullets struck Reed? How many times did Reed shoot at police? And why did an officer appear to fire three final shots at Reed as he was lying motionless in the street?

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has called for four officers involved in the shooting to be stripped of their police powers as the agency investigates. City and state leaders continued to weigh in, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker who

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