Danny Withers Jr.

Deadly force

Officers shot and killed Danny Withers Jr., 21, an unarmed bank robbery suspect. The officers had gone to a home on East 125th Street that Withers shared with his grandmother to arrest him on a warrant. Detective Daniel Zola fired a single shot into Withers' chest as the suspect emerged with one arm raised from a closet in a dimly lit basement. Withers was suspected of robbing a Fifth Third Bank on Lorain Avenue five days earlier. His fingerprints were found on a note the robber passed to a teller, and on a door at the bank. Police later found additional evidence at the home that linked Withers to the robbery. No gun was found in the house, but police found a screwdriver near the scene of the shooting.