Earnest Mitchell

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Police allege that a 16-year-old boy and suspected gang member was in the passenger seat of a stolen sport utility other that was being pursued by police when the boy accidentally fatally shot the driver, 19-year-old Earnest Mitchell, in the chest. The passengers fled after the SUV crashed. The 16-year-old has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide and possession of a weapon with a felony record. He has also been implicated in a gang shooting that wounded a 5-year-old girl in 2018.