Dexter Williams, 38, a Black male from Chicago, Illinois, was shot during a confrontation inside Momty’s Grill at 9 E. 111th Street in Roseland in the late afternoon on Monday, May 19, 2025. Police reports and local coverage describe a quarrel that began when a customer argued with a restaurant employee about the type of cheese on a sandwich; the employee phoned her son, who arrived and was struck and chased by two men as the dispute spilled outside.
Gunfire followed, and Dexter Williams, 38, male, and Monte Potts, 34, were both hit. Responding officers found Dexter Williams, 38, male, with wounds to the head and forearm; he was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where Dexter Williams, 38, male, died the next day at 1:41 p.m., while Potts died the evening of May 19. The restaurant was subsequently ordered closed in the wake of the double slaying as the investigation unfolded.
According to police and prosecutors, the employee’s son—identified in reports as the person responsible for at least one of the fatal shots—checked himself into a local hospital in good condition and was placed into police custody after the incident. Days later, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office declined to file charges at that time, saying evidence indicated the shooting was in self-defense and was insufficient to meet the burden of proof, though officials said they would review any additional information that surfaced. As of May 23, 2025, no charges were approved, and authorities characterized the case as a self-defense shooting rather than a prosecutable homicide.
Public records tracking gun deaths list Dexter Williams, 38, male, as a victim of gun violence associated with the May 19 Roseland incident, aligning with contemporaneous reports that detailed the dispute over cheese, the arrival of the employee’s son, the ensuing chase, and the shots that ended the lives of Dexter Williams, 38, male, and Monte Potts, 34.
