QUEEN ANNE'S CO. - A Grasonville man has been sentenced in connection with a drive-by shooting at Ewing Pond Park in Grasonville back in 2025.
On Oct. 30, police say there were two people inside their car at the park when another car pulled up alongside them and started shooting. One of the people were taken to a Baltimore trauma center for a non-life-threatening injury sustaining during the shooting.
They say during the investigation, detectives identified 29-year-old Zion Cook as the shooter, and that he is related to one of the victims.
(Queen Anne's County Office of the Sheriff)
The Queen Anne's County Office of the Sheriff charged Cook with the following:
- Attempted 1st degree murder (two counts)
- Attempted 2nd degree murder (two counts)
- 1st degree assault (two counts)
- 2nd degree assault (two counts)
- Reckless endangerment (two counts)
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony violent crime
- Possession of a loaded handgun
Cook was arrested in April of this year by Maryland State Police.
In September, officials say Cook pled guilty to 1st degree assault and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with all but five years suspended. He was also sentenced for reckless endangerment, with that sentence fully suspended. They say following his incarceration, he will serve five years of probation.
