Sweet shook her head "no" after the jury's decision and said she wasn't going to answer any questions. Texas man Daniel Shaver was killed in January 2016 in his hotel room while traveling for work. Shaver's widow, Laney Sweet, and Shaver's parents have filed wrongful-death lawsuits against the city of Mesa over the shooting death. Piccarreta also said he wasn't sure his client would be interested in trying to get his police job back. Try to make a decision in one second, life or death.
The circumstances that night that were presented led him to conclude that he was in danger. "There are no winners in this case, but Mitch Brailsford had to make a split-second decision on a situation that he was trained to recognize as someone drawing a weapon and had one second to react," Piccarreta said. While no gun was found on Shaver's body, two pellet rifles related to his pest-control job were later found in his room.īrailsford's attorney Michael Piccarreta put an arm around his client after the verdict was read. The investigator noted he did not see anything that would have prevented officers from simply handcuffing Shaver as he was on the floor.ĭuring the trial, Brailsford testified that he believed 100 percent that Shaver was reaching for a gun and that if in the same situation again, he would make the same decision, KPHO says. The detective investigating the shooting had agreed Shaver's movement was similar to reaching for a pistol, but has said it also looked as though Shaver was pulling up his loose-fitting basketball shorts that had fallen down as he was ordered to crawl toward officers. Brailsford said he fired his rifle because he believed Shaver was grabbing a handgun in his waistband. As Shaver inches forward, he is seen reaching toward the waistband of his shorts, and Brailsford opens fire. Philip Brailsford in court on December 7, 2017īrailsford then orders Shaver to crawl towards him, to which Shaver again says, "Yes, sir," as he cries. "Your hands go back in the small of your back or down, we are going to shoot you, do you understand me?" Brailsford yells.
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