HUMBOLDT PARK \u2014 Body-camera footage released Friday by the city\u2019s police watchdog agency appears to show a Chicago police officer threatening to kill a fleeing driver seconds before firing six shots into his passenger side window and killing him.<\/p>\n
The March 9 shooting in the 800 block of North Homan Avenue killed 42-year-old Derek Jordan, who was spotted driving a car that was wanted in connection to another shooting<\/a> earlier that day on the Eisenhower Expressway near Oak Park, according to police.<\/p>\n The fatal shooting happened after police officers from the 11th District were trying to pull over Jordan for the previous shooting, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the initial police statement. Jordan attempted to flee from officers, hitting a pedestrian in a crosswalk and driving down an alley until he was blocked by a CTA bus that was stopped perpendicular to the alley.<\/p>\n Body-camera footage released Friday depicts an officer and his partner arriving on the scene and pulling out his gun as he approached Jordan, whose car was boxed in by the bus and a police car stopped behind him. Officers repeatedly yell for Jordan to get out, but he attempts to drive off and strikes both the bus, police vehicle and a car parked on Homan Avenue, video shows.<\/p>\n \u201cGet out of the f\u2014ing car, I\u2019ll kill you,\u201d the officer who opened fire yells as other officers bang on the car\u2019s tinted windows. Within 19 seconds of arriving on the scene, the officer fires six shots through the passenger window after the driver reversed his car and struck a police vehicle behind him. The driver briefly turned his front wheels away from the officer before the shots were fired, according to video released.<\/p>\n The officer is heard repeatedly screaming to \u201cget out of the car\u201d after shots are fired before another officer says, \u201cI see his head\u201d and a third officer opens the passenger car door.<\/p>\n Bystanders are seen in some of the video, and one man watching says, \u201cPlease, don\u2019t shoot, man.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s wanted for murder. Shut the f\u2014 up,\u201d the shooting officer responds as others break his car window to check on Jordan, video shows.<\/p>\n Jordan was struck multiple times in his upper body and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Two officers were also taken to the hospital in good condition after reporting minor injuries during the incident, according to the police report released by the watchdog agency. A weapon was found on scene.<\/p>\n The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which investigates all incidents where police use deadly force, released<\/a> the video and other materials related to the shooting Friday. <\/p>\n Warning: footage may be considered graphic <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Antonio Romanucci, Jordan\u2019s family attorney, called the shooting unnecessary and was due to the officer\u2019s \u201cfailure to de-escalate.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cVideo does not lie. When you watch the footage of the encounter between Derek Jordan and CPD officers, it is clear that there was nowhere Derek could run or drive away to. They had him surrounded,\u201d Romanucci said in a statement. \u201cAt that point, stepping back and de-escalating was the right thing for officers to do. They had time and space to control the situation, but instead they escalated it and used a level of force that was not needed in that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n Romanucci\u2019s firm also represented George Floyd\u2019s family and it is currently representing the family of Renee Good, who was fatally shot in January by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis. Romanucci\u2019s firm has opened a civil investigation into the Humboldt Park police shooting and the earlier Eisenhower Expressway shooting, he said in the statement.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are distressed by the lack of respect shown for the life of this individual, but also for the lack of adherence to accepted policing protocols,\u201d Romanucci\u2019s statement continued.<\/p>\n Days after the shooting, Jordan\u2019s family demanded answers to the police narrative that led to the shooting and said they wished to remember him as a father, cousin, uncle and friend, according to Fox 32 Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Tribune previously identified<\/a> the officer who shot Jordan as Max Walzer, citing department representatives and public records. Walzer was relieved of his powers four days after the shooting but \u201cremains active and detailed to the Alternate Response Section,\u201d a department spokesperson said Monday.<\/p>\n Illinois State Police, who investigate shootings on local interstates,\u00a0did not immediately return a request for comment. The agency told the Sun-Times<\/a> Monday that it would not comment on any connections between the shootings but that its investigation into the highway shooting \u201chas been administratively closed.\u201d No one was injured in the Eisenhower Expressway shooting, according to the Sun-Times. <\/p>\n Following its investigating, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability will issue a final summary report of the incident that could include a recommendation on discipline for the officers involved. <\/p>\n Support Freedom of the Press<\/strong><\/p>\n Independent journalism like this only exists because of readers like you.<\/strong> This World Press Freedom Day, help Block Club raise $20,000<\/strong><\/a> to fuel high-impact investigations that hold Chicago\u2019s institutions and leaders accountable. 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