Michigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance videoA still from surveillance footage showing an incident involving a student and now-former coach at Ypsilanti Middle School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, June 4, 2024.School officials are investigating after a now-former employee at a Michigan middle school allegedly choked a 14-year-old student with a shirt, in an incident captured on surveillance footage.
Surveillance footage of the incident shows the employee approaching the student from behind as the teen, identified by his family as Michael Moon, walks down a hallway. The employee then appears to raise a shirt over the head of the teen, who then struggles to get loose before breaking free and walking away, the footage shows. The incident captured in the video lasted fewer than 20 seconds.
MORE: School principal arrested for allegedly choking student, whipping him with charging cable and slapping child in face: Cops A still from surveillance footage showing an incident involving a student and now-former coach at Ypsilanti Middle School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, June 4, 2024.In a letter sent to the school community on Monday, Zachery-Ross said the school district "immediately" contacted social services authorities and began cooperating with local law enforcement upon learning about the incident.