On July 10, 2024, 15-year-old Phillip Mitchell was fatally shot in Chicago’s Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. Officers responded to a gunshot detection alert about 5:41 p.m. in the 7100 block of South King Drive and found Mitchell near the street with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital and pronounced dead.

Mitchell had been returning from work and was heading to get dinner when he encountered some old friends and an altercation occurred. Surveillance footage shows two males approaching him, then one firing multiple shots; Mitchell was struck six times, including once in the head. A 17-year-old, identified as Latoby Baines, was later arrested and charged as an adult with first-degree murder after witnesses and school employees identified him in the footage. A judge ordered detention without electronic monitoring or home confinement, citing a significant risk to the community.

Mitchell’s mother, Racque Bussell, organized a fundraiser for funeral expenses and said her son was looking forward to starting his sophomore year and had been involved with the Target Area Non-Profit for three years. Does anyone who knew Phillip or witnessed the July 10 incident have information that could help clarify what happened?