Overview

• Prosecutors charged McKale Mitchell, 35, with two counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer and two counts of unlawful firearm possession as a repeat offender, plus a felony ordinance violation, with a detention hearing scheduled for Saturday.
• Police say the encounter began as an investigatory stop near West 111th Place and State Street linked to a recent robbery pattern, after which Mitchell ran.
• Officers report they saw Mitchell holding a handgun, ordered him to drop it, and an officer shot him in the leg during the foot chase when he did not comply.
• Two firearms were recovered at the scene, and Mitchell was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition and into custody.
• COPA opened a use-of-force investigation and the involved officers were placed on administrative duty for at least 30 days, with two officers taken to a hospital for observation and not reported shot.