Family demands transparency in fatal police shooting

The family of Jay Anderson Jr., who was shot and killed by a Wauwatosa police officer, called for transparency from prosecutors and officers investigating the case.

During a news conference Wednesday, they also demanded the release of any video of the shooting, including recently enhanced footage, and formal release of the officer's name.

"I've seen the video and Jay did nothing to cause that officer to shoot and kill him like he did," said Linda Anderson, Jay's mother. She was joined by other relatives, the resident group Tosa Together and family members of Dontre Hamilton and Sylville Smith, who were fatally shot by Milwaukee police officers in separate incidents.

Initial information provided by Wauwatosa police said the officer, who was investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle, feared for his safety after seeing a person and a gun inside. Anderson’s family has said he was sleeping in his car in Madison Park when the officer approached about 3 a.m. June 23. Anderson legally owned the gun, they said.

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His family and their attorney also said have the gun was removed from Anderson's car before being photographed as evidence. A family spokesman, Michael Kemet, also said the officer's statements to another officer on scene, captured on a dash-cam recording system, conflict with what the officer later wrote in a report about the shooting.

The Wauwatosa Police Department has said it will not release the footage, the officer's name or other reports related to the shooting until prosecutors make a final charging decision because the release of incomplete information could cause misunderstandings. Police officials have said they want the entire event to be "viewed as a whole."

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Anderson’s family has identified the officer during protests as Joseph Mensah. Last year, prosecutors cleared Mensah and another officer, Jeffrey Newman, in the July 2015 shooting that killed 29-year-old Antonio Gonzalez. Gonzalez was wielding a sword when he was confronted by police, authorities said.

Prosecutors have said they do not have a timeline for when a charging decision will be made in the Anderson case and said they have offered his family the opportunity to review all evidence in their possession.