Shooting of Daniel Shaver
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On January 18, 2016, Daniel Leetin Shaver of Granbury, Texas, was fatally shot by police officer Philip Brailsford in the hallway of a La Quinta Inn & Suites hotel in Mesa, Arizona. Police were responding to a report that a rifle had been pointed out of the window of Shaver's hotel room.
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Date | January 18, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-18) |
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Time | 9:20 p.m. MST |
Location | La Quinta Inn & Suites Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |
Type | Homicide by shooting, police killing |
Filmed by | Law enforcement body cameras |
Participants | Philip Mitchell Brailsford |
Deaths | Daniel Leetin Shaver, aged 26 |
Charges | Second-degree murder |
Verdict | Not guilty |
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After the shooting, the rifle (previously assumed to be a lethal weapon), which remained in the room, was determined to be a pellet gun. Following an investigation, Brailsford was charged with second-degree murder and a lesser manslaughter charge and later found not guilty by a jury.[1]