Officer cleared in Comanche Co. shooting; bodycam footage released

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A Lawton police officer is now cleared of any wrongdoing by the Comanche County District Attorney’s office in the fatal shooting of a man in January.

The family of Zonterious Johnson has dealt with a multitude of loss even before his death.

Johnson’s uncle died last January from lung cancer and his aunt was buried five days before his 24th birthday which sadly turned out to be his last.

On January 17, around 3:30 a.m., Lawton Police officers conducted a compliance check at Lavish Lounge where Johnson was having his birthday party.

Suddenly, shots were fired.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation’s report says Johnson and another individual were shooting at each other. Johnson then ran and ended up in a dark alley chased by officer Nathan Ronan.

The report says Johnson raised and produced the barrel of his weapon despite Ronan commanding him to drop the weapon.

Footage appears to show after Ronan’s command, Johnson reached into his pants but never raised his hands or a gun.

“They said my son pointed a gun and that they asked him to drop it three times. He ain’t even point no gun,” Johnson’s mother Meyoshia Gray said.

“Everything I feel like they said was a lie. I feel like if any of this was gonna be like it is, it could’ve came out a week after they killed my son. They didn’t have to wait,” Gray added.

The report also says Johnson’s fingerprint was found on his weapon and seven cartridge casings were identified as being fired by Johnson’s weapon.

After the Comanche County District Attorney’s office cleared Ronan of any wrongdoing, Johnson’s family says they won’t stop fighting for him.

“And then for them to come out today and say they cleared the officer for it, I’m very hurt, I am,” Gray said.

“Why you go after a man that’s on foot? He running for his life. If they were shooting at me, I would’ve ran too. I’m running for my life though. But to gun him down, you shouldn’t have did that because we not gonna fold. We gonna keep coming at you until y’all fold. So one of us gon’ have to give and it ain’t gone be the Johnson family,” Johnson’s grandfather Robert West said.

The Johnson family says they will never stop fighting for Zonterious and they hope to stop this kind of incident from happening again in Lawton.

The Johnson family has a protest planned for April 20 at 10 a.m. outside the Comanche County courthouse.