Police Brutality / Individual record
Cleotha Mitchell
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Cleotha Mitchell in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2016-11-25 in Chicago, IL. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-555
- Incident date
- November 25, 2016
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Agency
- Chicago Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 37
What happened
Cleotha Mitchell, 37, was fatally shot by Chicago Officer Ricky Page outside the Skybox Bar in Homan Square early on November 25, 2016. Investigative video showed Mitchell firing a handgun at two people outside the bar, killing Jeffrey Banks, 35, and wounding Jerry Buckner. Officers drove into the intersection while the attack was underway and fired at Mitchell after witnessing the shooting. The Cook County State's Attorney reviewed surveillance footage, witnesses, medical evidence and police reports and concluded there was insufficient evidence to support criminal charges against Page. The official case memorandum describes the preceding homicide and injury as central circumstances. A decision not to prosecute the officer is different from a trial finding, and neither the civilian victims nor the gunfire preceding the police response should be omitted.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 2071
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Agency IDs (source)
- 265
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset