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Mesa recently paid $1.5 million to the parents of Daniel Shaver, who police shot and killed five years ago.
The payment comes as the city and parents Norma and Grady Shaver signed off on a settlement agreement last month, while the Texas man’s widow is pressing for a trial in her ongoing suit against the city.
Shaver was fatally shot in a Mesa hotel hallway as he was on his knees, unarmed and begging for his life, according to a police report and body camera footage from January 2016.
Then-Officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford shot Shaver, 26, five times after he moved his hand near his waistband, indicating that he may have been armed, according to the police report.
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widow of a Texas man fatally shot by a Mesa police officer five years ago may press for a trial in her lawsuit against the city.
The lawsuit stems from the January 2016 death of Daniel Shaver, who was fatally shot in a Mesa hotel hallway as he was on his knees, unarmed and begging for his life, according to a police report and body camera footage.
Then-Officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford shot Shaver, 26, five times after he moved his hand near his waistband, indicating that he may have been armed, according to the police report.
Mesa initially fired Brailsford, who was arrested, indicted and found not guilty of second-degree murder in 2017. He later was rehired to apply for a pension and then took medical retirement.