A 22-year-old Chicago rapper was killed during an FBI operation in Dixmoor, Illinois, after agents carried out a court-authorised warrant at a home near 145th Street and Cooper Avenue.
Chadwick Clark, who performed under the name LoWick, died in the agent-involved shooting at about 7am on Wednesday, 28 October. The FBI said one person was killed and that no federal personnel were injured.
Family seeks answers over Dixmoor FBI shooting
Federal officials have not said what warrant agents were serving or what prompted the shooting. The circumstances remain under investigation.
Clark’s sister, Nia Cole, said her brother had been hiding in an attic when agents opened fire. Her account has not been confirmed by the FBI.
“How did they shoot him inside an attic? If he was hiding, he didn’t have any weapons on him,” she said. “Why did they shoot him? What was the threats?”
Cole said Clark had a criminal record but was attempting to rebuild his life, provide for his young daughter and start a new job. He was expected to begin work later in the week, she said.
“He was just trying to get his life together,” Cole said.
Clark was known in Chicago’s rap scene as LoWick and had appeared in music with Bloodhound Q50, a rapper who was killed at a petrol station the previous month.
Heavy police presence in Dixmoor
The operation brought FBI agents, Cook County sheriff’s deputies, local officers and other emergency responders to the residential area. Dixmoor police said their officers were called to establish a perimeter and did not take part in serving the warrant.
Residents reported hearing flash-bang devices and gunshots after authorities made a forcible entry into the property. Drones were also seen overhead, while emergency responders appeared to perform CPR before taking a person away in an ambulance.
Yellow and red tape was placed around the scene and officers went door to door as the neighbourhood was secured. Some residents said they had difficulty reaching their homes.
A police source said about five people had been taken into custody in connection with the operation. Their identities and ages have not been released.
Witnesses described hearing agents announce themselves and order people inside the property to come out. Residents gathered nearby as officers blocked parts of the area, with one woman heard shouting: “They shot my baby.”
FBI review under way
Court records show Clark was sentenced to three years in an Illinois prison after being convicted of failing to report an accident involving injury. He had also faced an armed robbery charge in Indiana linked to a 2024 petrol station incident.
The FBI said there was no ongoing threat to the public and that its Inspection Division would review the shooting.
“The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously,” a spokesperson said. “In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under review by the FBI’s Inspection Division. As this is an ongoing matter, we have no further details to provide.”
The agency has not released further information about the operation, the people taken into custody or the events immediately before Clark was shot.
