Community activists and loved ones of John Zook Jr. repeatedly shouted “shame” at Wayne City Council’s meeting Monday after the majority of council members declined to take up one member’s motion to release the police body camera footage, the 911 call and the results of the Michigan State Police investigation to the public.
Zook, 40, was shot and killed by a Wayne Police Department officer the afternoon of June 18 after he called 911 to report he was suicidal and having a mental health crisis.
WXYZ via family of John Zook Jr. “I’ll tell you this has been the toughest thing in my life. I’ve been through a lot of stuff, but this has been the toughest,” said Zook’s father, John Zook Sr., who retired as a sergeant from Highland Park police and fire.
A police official and an attorney for the city of Wayne allowed John Zook Sr. and his wife to view the footage privately and the Zooks say it does not match police claims that their son did not comply and charged at officers after he opened his door for them.