Before Dexter Reed shot a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop and set off a gunfight that claimed his life, he was seriously wounded in another shooting over two years earlier when he threatened to kill a family member while brandishing a knife.
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The jarring video of four Chicago cops firing 96 shots at Dexter Reed and killing him after he shot an officer during a traffic stop last month is putting the city’s complex machinery for investigating such shootings under a microscope once again.
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UPDATE: In a letter to Chicago's top cop, the city's top police oversight official raised alarms about the 'proportionality' of force during the shootout with Dexter Reed and questioned whether cops lied about the reason for the preceding traffic stop.
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Updated story: Video shows Chicago police firing at Dexter Reed 96 times in 41 seconds after he shot officer during traffic stop, oversight agency says chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/…

Chicago police fired at Dexter Reed 96 times in 41 seconds after he shot officer during traffic stop, COPA says chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/… -- reporting by Tom Schuba Frank Main Andy Grimm

Chicago officials brace for release of video showing fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed in Humboldt Park ⁦Tom Schuba⁩

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