Discuss the police investigation in the Corner 6 robbery/murder case.

• How do the facts differ from what we know is correct investigative procedure?

How are police ethics and misconduct handled in the current day as compared to the case that occurred over 45 years ago?

• Has the criminal justice system made progress in eradicating or eliminating problems of police misconduct?

1st officer:

1 MyEXC X Suppox , Excelsi x ) In x Modul X Q police x Dashb x My Cit X Parapt X Q what is X 24359 X Crime: X + X https://iad.scorm.canvaslms.com/RusticiEngine/defaultui/player/modern.html?configuration=sconelD&preventRightClick=false&cc=en_US&ieCompatibilityMo... A M . . . On May 19, 1975, at 1537 hours, I was dispatched to 375 Sixth Street in reference to shots fired at the Corner 6 Convenience Store. Upon arrival of OFC Heinz and me, we found the victim, Harvey Green, deceased on the sidewalk outside of the store. A large crowd was gathering. There was one bullet hole through the front door of the store. I heard commotion inside the store and screaming from the store owner, Fred Mitchell, yelling that his wife - Mary Mitchell - had been shot in the neck. Dispatch confirmed that EMS and other support units O were en route. OFCs Smith and Patterson rendered immediate aid to Mrs. Mitchell while waiting for EMS. OFC Heinz and I began questioning those who had gathered, asking them whether they had witnessed the shooting and what they saw. Most indicated they had only heard the shots and ran down to the store + afterwards. No one in that initial crowd indicated they had seen what happened. At 1615 hours detectives Charlie Toth and Joe Franco arrived on the scene. I briefed the detectives on what we had learned so far from the crowd. Detectives Toth and Franco indicated they would take over the initial interviews with those who had witnessed the crime and directed us to continue to work the crowd for information. Return to Police Report Menu 70 F 1:15 PM Mostly cloudy Q Search W 5/18/20241 MyEXC X Suppox , Excelsi x () In x Modul X Q police x Dashb x My Cit X Parapt X Q what is X 24359 X Crimes x + X https://iad.scorm.canvaslms.com/RusticiEngine/defaultui/player/modern.html?configuration=sconelD&preventRightClick=false&cc=en_US&ieCompatibilityMo... A" M . . . I circled around to one of the small groups of neighborhood children who were gathered by the tree lawn. The kids were joking and pushing each other around. Once I got their attention, I asked the kids if anyone had seen anything. The children began to giggle and laugh when one young male piped up and said "Yes." I immediately took the male aside and interviewed him. O The young male child identified himself as Bobby Coin. He said he was 12 years old and lived in the neighborhood at 4326 Boxwood Drive. Coin said he had witnessed the entire shooting and could identify the suspects. I have recorded Bobby Coin's contact information here and will turn it over to detectives for further + questioning. Reporting Officer: Sgt. Bob Anderson Sworn to and subscribed before me this day 19 of May 1975 Total # pages: 1 Return to Police Report Menu 70 F 1:15 PM Mostly cloudy Q Search W 5/18/20241 MyEXC X Suppox , Excelsi x [ () In x Modul X Q police x Dashb x My Cit X Parapt X Q what is X 24359 X Crimes X + X https://iad.scorm.canvaslms.com/RusticiEngine/defaultui/player/modern.html?configuration=sconelD&preventRightClick=false&cc=en_US&ieCompatibilityMo... A" M . . . On May 19, 1975, at 1545 hours, Det. Franco and I (Det. Toth) were dispatched to 375 Sixth Street in reference to shots fired at the Corner 6 Convenience Store. Upon arrival at 1615 hours, we found the victim, Harvey Green, deceased on the sidewalk outside of the store. There was one bullet hole through the front door of the store. A large crowd was surrounding the victim. Patrol units were on site handling crowd control. Officers Anderson and Heinz were working the crowd looking for witnesses. Upon arrival I conferred with Officer Anderson, who updated Det. Franco and me on the facts of the incident thus far. Franco and I took to O interviewing two witnesses. Tom Brown, a contractor, stated he had been idling his van at a stoplight on Cooper Avenue when he + witnessed two young black men struggling with Green. After hearing gunshots, Brown pulled off at a gas station to call the police. Chester Smith, a neighbor, stated he was on his porch next to the Corner 6 when he witnessed the two males strike the victim as he exited the store. According to Smith, the two suspects appeared to beat Harvey Green with a piece of a metal pipe. The pipe appeared to Smith to be short. One of the suspects was armed with what looked like a .38 cal. revolver. That suspect fired three shots at the victim and then both took a brown colored hrinfoand from him and ran misses And of thathran chats .. at thrash the front danrafthartarn Return to Police Report Menu 70 F Mostly cloudy Q Search W 12:55 PM 5/18/20241 MyEXC X Suppox , Excelsi x [ () In x Modul X Q police x Dashb x My Cit X Parapt X Q whatis X 24359 X Crimes x + X https://iad.scorm.canvaslms.com/RusticiEngine/defaultui/player/modern.html?configuration=sconelD&preventRightClick=false&cc=en_US&ieCompatibilityMo... A M . . . briefcase from him and ran away. One of the three shots went through the front door of the store. Upon compiling the initial interviews, it was determined that the suspects were two young black men between the ages of seventeen and nineteen. Suspects last seen running SOUTH on Pacer, then WEST on Herman Avenue. Suspects seen entering a dark green and white Oldsmobile - possibly an early 1969 model with O another young man driving. License plate unknown. This information was passed on to dispatch to alert all units to BOLF for three young black males between the ages of 17-19. While the crime scene technicians finished up processing the scene outside, Det. Franco and I (Det. Toth) went + inside the store to interview the store owner, Fred Mitchell. According to Mr. Mitchell, he was in the back of the store during the entire event, so he had little to offer. Mary Mitchell, his wife and co-owner, apparently witnessed the shooting but was shot in the neck. She was taken by EMS to Lakeshore hospital before we arrived for life-saving treatment. The other witness in the store, 16-year-old student Ruby Taylor, gave a brief description of what she witnessed. Taylor stated she was in the store purchasing items for her mother when the victim, Harvey Green, was exiting the store. A short while later she heard shots and ran to the back of the store and hid behind a storage unit. A full statement from Miss Taylor will be taken at a later date. 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