Monte Potts, 34, male, died on May 19, 2025, after gunfire erupted inside a small business in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood around 4:10 p.m. The Cook County medical examiner identified Monte Potts, 34, male, as the man who was fatally wounded during the shooting in the first block of East 111th Street. Police reported that a second man was also struck by gunfire during the same incident.
The suspect was taken into custody at the scene and transported to a hospital in good condition as Area Two detectives opened an investigation.
The gunfire followed a dispute that began over a sandwich order at Momty’s Grill, 9 E. 111th Street. According to investigators, a quarrel about the type of cheese escalated into a confrontation between a customer and a restaurant employee, drawing others into a volatile scene that ended with shots fired. In the immediate aftermath, Monte Potts, 34, male, was found with a gunshot wound to the back and rushed to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The other victim—later identified as 38-year-old Dexter Williams—was initially in critical condition with wounds to the head and arm.
What began as a single fatality became a double tragedy. Dexter Williams died the next day from his injuries, and authorities described the sequence as an argument that spiraled rapidly into lethal violence inside the business. Community reports and official summaries placed the confrontation squarely at Momty’s Grill and detailed the narrow window in which tempers flared and the shooting occurred.
As for arrests and suspects, Chicago police took a suspected shooter into custody at the scene on May 19. In the days that followed, however, prosecutors concluded that the individual acted in self-defense and declined to file charges, announcing the decision on May 23, 2025. The investigation narrative—an argument over cheese culminating in two deaths, with the shooter hospitalized in good condition and then released without charges—remained consistent across official statements and local reporting.
Confirmation of the death of Monte Potts, 34, male, on May 19, 2025, in Chicago also appears in public records and memorial notices, which list his passing on that date and link the loss to the events in Roseland. These notices mirror the timeline established by law enforcement updates and subsequent media coverage.
