‘Watched him die’: How a Michigan police chase ended in gunfire and a dead Navy veteran

A criminal investigation, now under review by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, leaves major questions unanswered about the pursuit, shooting and the nearly two hours that passed before a 34-year-old Navy veteran was pronounced dead. Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia Dyer speaks during a news conference where officials released some footage of the police shooting of John Andrew Jenuwine in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Jan. 6, 2026. (Jacob Hamilton/Tribune News Service) WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. (Tribune News Service) – Sheriff’s deputies chased a driver, twice rammed his van and then fired more than 20 shots into the vehicle when it rolled over and crashed. For more than 20 minutes, Washtenaw County deputies kept their guns trained on the 34-year-old Navy veteran John Andrew Jenuwine, listening to his cries and watching his movements without summoning medical help.

Hit by seven bullets, Jenuwine died that night, leaving his family mourning and calling for accountability. “The pain … that our family has been through in these past five months is just — you can’t put it into words,” said his father, Larry Jenuwine, at a June news conference. “It’s the worst pain that I’ve ever had in my life.” More than nine months after the shooting, officials have still not publicly explained why deputies opened fire. Deputies involved refused to speak to detectives with the Michigan