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Chicago Suspect Charged After Police Shooting as Phoenix Officers Kill Man Holding Woman at Knifepoint

Independent reviews proceed in both cities, with administrative duty in Chicago alongside a training focus in Phoenix.

Overview

  • In Chicago, 35-year-old McKale Mitchell was charged with two counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer and two counts of unlawful firearm possession as a repeat felony offender.
  • Police say the Roseland encounter began as an investigatory stop tied to robberies near 111th Place and State Street, where Mitchell fled, displayed a handgun, ignored commands, and was shot in the leg.
  • Mitchell was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition and is due for a detention hearing, while two officers were hospitalized for observation; two guns were recovered at the scene.
  • COPA opened an investigation into the Chicago shooting, and the involved officers were placed on routine administrative duties for at least 30 days.
  • In Phoenix, officers fatally shot a man in his late 40s after he held a knife to a woman’s throat at an apartment complex near 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road, with ADPS’s major incident division leading the investigation and no injuries reported to the woman or officers.