MPD releases 911 calls, bodycam footage of police shooting of Roberto Zielinski

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The Milwaukee Police Department released officer body camera video and 911 calls of a fatal police shooting on Milwaukee’s south side nearly two months ago.

But the man shot and killed by police in that incident - including his sister, who is an MPD officer - says there’s more to what happened. They hired an attorney and are fighting for change.

The body camera footage shows the police perspective, moments before an officer with six years on the force shot and killed Roberto Zielinski, 49. It happened on Sunday, May 30 near 20th and Cleveland.

The edited video released by MPD also shows some police photos of the investigation after the shooting. And it includes two 911 calls from people who live nearby:

Part of First 911 call: “He’s shooting. We got kids in here. He’s at his house across the street, shooting outside. He’s fired six or seven shots. I would let officers know that he’s legit trying to be suicidal. So, if they come up on him, he’s probably going to shoot.”

Part of Second 911 call: "He’s on his porch. He’s shooting up and down the block in the alley. He appears drunk or something. He says someone is trying to rob him.”

When officers arrived, they say Zielinsky was armed with a gun on his front porch, but moved to the back of his house and fired shots. In the police body camera video, you can hear gunshots and officers make contact with Zielinsky from a distance, pleading for him to put the gun down. They say Zielinski raised the gun to his head. In the video, you can hear several shots fired from a distance. You can also hear the shot fired at Zielinsky, and officers run to provide medical aid.

But the attorney representing Zielinski’s family says police can’t just choose what video to release and call themselves transparent.

“We demand that the department release all of the video of the shooting and killing of Roberto Zielinski, from all of the body cameras that were present at the scene, not just some of it that they choose,” said Russell Ainsworth of Loevy & Loevy Attorneys at Law.

Ainsworth says the video MPD released regarding the shooting of Zielinski is missing key details.

“Moments before Roberto Zielinski was murdered, he was calling out for help,” Ainsworth said. “He was asking for his sister, who is a Milwaukee police officer, to be contacted and brought to the scene to help him. He held a gun to his head because he was in a mental health crisis. They did not try to reach out to his sister or de-escalate the situation. Part of protecting the public includes protecting someone who is in a mental health crisis.”

MPD does say in the video they released that “audio is redacted to protect family members' identity.”