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CPD officer who shot Derek Jordan 'ignored every opportunity to de-escalate,' family alleges in lawsuit

First publishedAug 10, 21:40 UTC
Last updatedAug 10, 23:49 UTC · 14m ago
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<p>A Chicago police officer was in a "reckless and uncontrolled state of mind" when he fatally shot Derek Jordan earlier this year in Humboldt Park, his family alleges in a lawsuit.</p><p>According to police, Jordan, 42, was fleeing officers around 5:30 p.m. on March 9 when they caught up to him in an alley in the 800 block of North Homan Avenue.

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<p>A Chicago police officer was in a "reckless and uncontrolled state of mind" when he fatally shot Derek Jordan earlier this year in Humboldt Park, his family alleges in a lawsuit.</p><p>According to police, Jordan, 42, was fleeing officers around 5:30 p.m. on March 9 when they caught up to him in an alley in the 800 block of North Homan Avenue. Jordan was boxed in by CPD squad cars, a CTA bus and a parked car. </p><p>Officers repeatedly yelled for Jordan to get out of his car, but he kept trying to drive off and crashed into the bus and a police vehicle, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2026/05/11/chicago-police-shooting-cpd-derek-jordan-humboldt-park-body-cam" target="_blank" >video footage from the scene showed</a>.

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<p>A Chicago police officer was in a "reckless and uncontrolled state of mind" when he fatally shot Derek Jordan earlier this year in Humboldt Park, his family alleges in a lawsuit.</p><p>According to police, Jordan, 42, was fleeing officers around 5:30 p.m. on March 9 when they caught up to him in an alley in the 800 block of North Homan Avenue.
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