Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Name Not Disclosed

Gender : Female

Age :

Race : Unknown

Date : 11/06/2025

Location : Crown Ridge Apartments, 1635 S DeKalb Street

City : Shelby

County : Cleveland

State : North Carolina

Agency : Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Mitchell Jermaine Hilton

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed during domestic-violence incident by off-duty deputy

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 11/06/2025, at approximately 10:35 p.m., a deadly shooting occurred at the Crown Ridge Apartments on South DeKalb Street in Shelby, North Carolina, involving an off-duty deputy from the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy, Mitchell Jermaine Hilton, 37, has been charged with first-degree murder after fatally shooting a female victim during what authorities describe as a domestic violence incident. The case is under investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wbtv.com/2025/11/07/cleveland-county-deputy-charged-with-murder-domestic-violence-shooting-officials-say/
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/off-duty-cleveland-county-deputy-charged-with-murder-domestic-violence-shooting/T75MWLO6T5CHVBFQI62EYRHNDU/