Overview
- Body camera video shows two officers approach a white Mercedes after a crash, shout “get out of the car or we’ll shoot,” watch the driver ram a CTA bus and an unmarked car, then fire at least five rounds through the passenger window.
- Police say they tried to stop the car tied to an earlier I‑290 shooting on March 9th, and the chase left a woman hurt and a bus and an unmarked squad car struck.
- Officers recovered a firearm from the car, and 41‑year‑old Derek Jordan was shot, taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, and pronounced dead; police have not said whether the gun in the car was fired.
- Jordan’s family and lawyers call the shooting unnecessary and say officers failed to de‑escalate, citing a public alert that described a different suspect and questioning claims about the car.
- Bystanders heard on the video plead with police not to shoot as officers say the driver was wanted for murder, and COPA’s probe will weigh those actions against training that treats moving cars as possible deadly threats but urges officers to get out of their path when possible.