Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop

CHICAGO (AP) — Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured, according to graphic video footage a police oversight agency released Tuesday.

Five officers from a tactical unit who were in an unmarked police vehicle surrounded an SUV last month driven by Dexter Reed, allegedly for failing to wear a seatbelt. Video shows the 26-year-old Black man briefly lowering a window and then raising it and refusing to exit the vehicle as more officers arrived, yelled commands and drew weapons.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said preliminary evidence showed Reed fired first, injuring an officer in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the city’s West Side. Then four officers returned fire, shooting 96 rounds.

The gunshots continued even after “Reed exited his vehicle and fell to the ground,” COPA said in releasing the body-worn camera footage, 911 calls and police reports.

The videos released offer a fuller perspective than what police initially offered last month.

Police Superintendent Larry Snelling previously said the shooting on March 21 began with a traffic stop and described it as an “exchange of gunfire.”

Family members have questioned authorities’ account of the shooting, looking for answers about why Reed was pulled over. Andrew M. Stroth, an attorney for the family, said Reed’s mother, sister, uncle and father saw the video Tuesday and were emotionally distraught. He said they remember the young man as a talented high school basketball player with ambitions of being a sports broadcaster.

“I really can’t explain the pain that me and my family is going through, but I just hope there are people out there who understand he was a son, he was a brother, he was an uncle, he had loved ones,” Reed’s sister, Porscha Banks, told reporters. “He was somebody very important.”

Stroth called it an unconstitutional police stop with plainclothes officers who did not announce they were police. He said the family wants to see a swift investigation and for the department to better comply with a court-supervised reform plan.

“Nothing is going to bring Dexter back, but certainly efforts should be taken to make sure this doesn’t happen to another family,” he said.

On Tuesday, police spokesperson Thomas Ahern said the department was cooperating with the investigation.

“We cannot make a determination on this shooting until all the facts are known and this investigation has concluded,” he said.

The videos show multiple perspectives, including from the officer who was shot. But there isn’t clear footage of Reed shooting. A gun was later recovered from the vehicle.

The tactical unit drives up to the scene with multiple officers screaming profanity-laced commands for Reed to first lower the window and then open the door.

Then gunshots erupt. A man calling 911 to report the shooting described it as “shooting like they’re having a Vietnam War.”

Reed exits the vehicle and slumps to the ground, ending up facedown with his head near the rear passenger wheel and wearing only one shoe. Blood trails into a nearby gutter. Footage of the car shows dozens of bullet holes. The other shoe sits just outside the driver’s door.

“Don’t move! Don’t move!” the officers scream at Reed, lifting up bloody slumping hands in search of a gun but not finding one. They handcuff him as he remains facedown and unmoving.

“I don’t know where the gun is,” an officer says. They later use a flashlight to look into the vehicle and locate the weapon on the passenger seat.

“He started shooting at us,” another officer says.

Afterward more officers and an ambulance arrive on scene.

“All of us were shooting,” one officer says repeatedly.

Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed a full investigation, saying Tuesday’s release was part of an effort to be more transparent.

“Attempts to withhold or delay information are mistakes of the past," he said at a news conference with COPA and the Cook County state's attorney's office. “As mayor and as a father, raising a family, including two Black boys on the West Side of Chicago, I’m personally devastated to see yet another young Black man lose his life during an interaction with police."

He said the city doesn't condone shootings against police officers and noted that the officer, who is also Black, suffered a wrist injury but could have fared far worse. Had the bullet gone a few inches in another direction, Johnson said he would be here “talking about the death of another Black man.”

The officers were placed on 30 days of administrative leave amid the investigations from COPA and the Cook County state's attorney's office.

State's Attorney Kim Foxx said her office will determine whether the officers’ use of force was warranted or necessitated criminal charges.

“Let me assure you that our pursuit of justice will be relentless, guided by the facts, grounded in evidence and the law,” she said.

The Cook County medical examiner's office classified Reed's death as a homicide and reported that he died of “multiple” gunshot wounds.

COPA was created in 2016 after the city was forced to release dashcam video of then-officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, contradicting officers' account that the teen had lunged at police with a knife. Its responsibilities include investigations of shootings by police.

The police department has been under a consent decree since 2019, handed down after the U.S. Justice Department found a long history of racial bias and excessive use of force following McDonald's death.

The independent monitoring team overseeing the department's compliance has repeatedly found it falling behind on deadlines and specific goals and last year called on Snelling as the incoming superintendent to “address challenges that have disproportionately delayed progress."

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Associated Press writer Corey Williams contributed to this report from Detroit.

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's sister, Porscha Banks, cries during a news conference outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death on March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's sister, Porscha Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's sister, Porscha Banks, cries during a news coference outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's father, Dexter Reed Sr., speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's mother, Nicole Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's father, Dexter Reed Sr., speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's mother, Nicole Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Dexter Reed's mother, Nicole Banks, cries as the family's attorney, Andrew Stroth, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Dexter Reed's mother, Nicole Banks, looks on as the family's attorney, Andrew Stroth, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's sister, Porscha Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's mother, Nicole Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

This 2019 photo provided by Porscha Banks, shows Dexter Reed, center, along with his mother Nicole Banks and sister Porscha Banks. Reed died March 21, 2024 after Chicago Police officers shot him during a traffic stop. Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gun shots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left Dexter Reed dead and one officer injured, according to graphic video footage a police oversight agency released Tuesday, April 9. (Porscha Banks via AP).

MADRID (AP) — Despite sleepless nights struggling with a fever, Andrey Rublev found a way to fight back and win the Madrid Open for the first time.

Rublev was feeling sick all week but rallied to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets on Sunday and clinch his second Masters 1000 title.

Rublev won 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 after Auger-Aliassime double-faulted on the last point of the final at the clay-court tournament in the Spanish capital.

“I would say this is the most proud title of my career,” Rublev said. “I was almost dead every day. I was not sleeping at night. The last three, four days I didn’t sleep.”

Rublev gave “full credit to the doctors,” who were “doing some tricky things” just to make sure he could play.

“I have no words," the eighth-ranked Rublev said. “If you knew what I had been through in the past nine days you would not imagine that I would be able to win a title.”

The 26-year-old Russian won his first Masters 1000 title at Monte Carlo last year. Auger-Aliassime was playing in his first final at this level.

Rublev entered Madrid on a four-game losing streak after early exits at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Barcelona. One of his victories in Madrid came in the quarterfinals against home-crowd favorite Carlos Alcaraz.

He now has 16 career titles, and two this season after Hong Kong in January. He had arrived with a 5-1 record against Auger-Aliassime, including a win in their sole matchup on clay.

Auger-Aliassime's path to the final saw second-ranked Jannik Sinner withdraw because of an injury ahead of the quarterfinals, and Jiri Lehecka retired against the Canadian in the first set of the semifinals.

Other injuries hit the men's draw in Madrid, starting with Novak Djokovic's withdrawal before the tournament. Daniil Medvedev retired in the quarterfinals, while Alcaraz was hampered by a sore right arm and Rafael Nadal bowed out of what was likely his last appearance in his home country.

Iga Swiatek won the women's title for the first time in her career on Saturday.

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Andrey Rublev, of Russia, right, holds his trophy after winning against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, left, in the Madrid Open men's final match in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia holds his trophy after winning against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, in the Madrid Open men's final match in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia holds his trophy after winning against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, in the Madrid Open men's final match in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, holds his trophy after loosing against Andrey Rublev, of Russia, in he Madrid Open men's final match in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia kisses his trophy after winning against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, in the Madrid Open men's final match in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia holds his trophy after winning against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, in the Madrid Open men's final match in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, competes against to Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the final match of the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia, competes against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, during the final match of the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, competes against to Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the final match of the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, competes against to Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the final match of the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, reacts during a final match against Andrey Rublev, of Russia, at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, reacts during a final match against Andrey Rublev, of Russia, at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia, returns the ball to Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, during the final match of the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia, celebrates after winning the final match against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia, celebrates after winning the final match against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Andrey Rublev, of Russia, celebrates after winning the final match against Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)