The
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.
A man accused in a daytime attempted sexual assault of a 71-year-old woman at Kiwanis Park in March has been released from jail with a GPS monitor pending trial, a move that Tempe police find "surprising" and "disappointing."