Just after dawn on October 4, 2021, Michael A. Craig, a 61-year-old Black man, called 911 from a second-floor apartment on the 7700 block of South Carpenter Street in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood and said his wife had a knife at his throat. He also told his young son to open the door for police; a neighbor who heard the child’s call also called for help. Officers arrived to find a door left ajar and a frightened child waiting on the sidewalk.

Body-worn camera footage and reports describe an officer entering with a Taser and a firearm almost immediately discharging, striking Craig. He collapsed in the hallway and bathroom and was later pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Court filings show the wife, identified as Tiffany Willis, was later charged with aggravated battery for stabbing Craig before officers arrived. Oversight investigators recommended firing the officer identified in reports as Alberto Covarrubias, and city officials later approved an $8.75 million settlement to Craig’s children; no criminal charge against the officer had been announced in the available reports.

Does anyone have further information about the morning of October 4 or knew Michael Craig and his family?