What Happened to Fred Hampton? How Did Fred Hampton Die?

Fred Hampton was assassinated. On December 4, 1969, the Chicago Police Department, carrying out a raid connected with the COINTELPRO project, stormed the apartment at 2337 West Monroe Steet where they lived.

The police entered the house and shot Mark Clark, who was on guard, once in the chest. The police who were heavily armed, including with a submachine gun, open-fired throughout the apartment despite pleas to stop, firing at least ninety bullets.

When the onslaught ceased, Hampton and his girlfriend were only injured. The police entered the bedroom and removed Johnson who had been attempting to shield Hampton with her pregnant body and dragged her into another room.

She then heard the police execute her fiance. It was later confirmed that Hampton had never been fully conscious, had never left his bed and “had been shot at close range, with two bullets to his head”.