Frank DiGiacomo, deputy chief of Patrol Brooklyn South, turned into a zombie after Councilwoman Susan Zhuang (D) bit him on the arm earlier this month.

The incident occurred at a protest called “Residents Against Homeless Shelters” in aptly-named Gravesend. The participants were protesting the noise from the construction of a large shelter planned to house 150 homeless men.

Zhuang, the first openly undead person to hold elected office in the City of New York, had been stumbling along through the streets nearby when she was attracted by the noise and became part of the protest, where she allegedly bit DiGiacomo as he was attempting to arrest another woman who had been pushing the police barricades at the officers.

The assault was also captured on camera.

The bite broke the skin and left cuts and tooth marks on DiGiacomo’s arm. The officer, who refused immediate amputation, was treated with an “anti-viral cocktail” and a tetanus shot, but doctors advised that these measures were unlikely to prevent zombiation.

Zhuang, 39 (38 at the time of her death), was initially charged with second and third degree assault, both felonies, as well as resisting arrest.  A Genesius Times reporter was at the arraignment, but Zhuang, who only makes indistinct gurgling sounds, would not comment on the incident, under advice of her attorney.

Charges were later dropped, however, according to a statement by Brooklyn DA spokesman Oren Yaniv, who said that, as a zombie, Councilwoman Zhuang has been found incompetent to stand trial.

While the DA’s office has declined to prosecute Ms. Zhuang, DiGiacomo’s family is proceeding with a lawsuit accusing Zhuang of negligence and of leaving him “permanently injured” and suffering great “trauma and distress,” resulting from his zombiation, which has left him unable to continue working in his capacity as deputy chief of Patrol Brooklyn South, to court records show.  The lawsuit against Councilwoman Susan Zhuang was filed in the Brooklyn Supreme Court earlier this month.

According to his spokesman, DiGiacomo has resigned from law enforcement and is considering a run for City Council’s 43rd District in a bid to unseat Zhuang in the next election.

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