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   From: cop.nuttery@thanks.obama.com   
      
   Each one of the five shots fired by Mesa police officer Philip   
   “Mitch” Brailsford made contact with his target, puncturing   
   Texas man Daniel Shaver’s neck, back, left chest and thigh, and   
   grazing his cheek.   
      
   The most significant injuries came from the bullets that struck   
   the left lung and heart, causing “a large amount of bleeding   
   into the left chest cavity,” according to a report from the   
   Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office.   
      
   An autopsy released this week confirmed information in police   
   reports and interviews about details surrounding Shaver’s death,   
   namely that Brailsford fired his service weapon five times, and   
   that Shaver was heavily intoxicated when it happened.   
      
   The cause of death was attributed to “multiple gunshot wounds,”   
   and manner of death was homicide.   
      
   A medical examiner’s definition of homicide is different than a   
   courtroom finding. It covers all deaths caused by the   
   intentional actions of another person. Cases involving self-   
   defense or officer-involved shootings deemed justified also   
   would be labeled homicides.   
      
   Shaver, 26, died Jan. 18, after police were called to a room at   
   a Mesa La Quinta Inn and Suites on reports of a man pointing a   
   rifle outside the hotel’s fifth-floor window.   
      
   Police were in the process of detaining Shaver in the hotel   
   hallway when they said he made a quick gesture toward his   
   waistline, which Brailsford said he perceived as a threat.   
   Officials later said Shaver could have been confused by the   
   officer’s commands, and may have been reaching to pull up his   
   shorts.   
      
   A toxicology report found that Shaver's blood-alcohol content in   
   different areas of the body was 0.27 percent and 0.29 percent.   
   Both would have been more than three times the legal limit to   
   drive.   
      
   Brailsford has been charged with second-degree murder and has   
   been fired from the Mesa Police Department.   
      
   Attorneys for Shaver’s family filed a notice Thursday in   
   Maricopa County Superior Court stating that they are planning to   
   fight for the public release of the officer’s body camera   
   footage capturing the incident.   
      
   The filing comes in response to a Superior Court judge’s order   
   Tuesday ruling that the video would remain sealed.  Susie   
   Charbel, deputy county attorney, and defense attorney Craig   
   Mehrens had filed a joint motion March 25 requesting to have the   
   videos kept from public viewing.   
      
   http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2016/03/31/texas-   
   man-fatally-shot-mesa-officer-hit-back-neck-chest-thigh-   
   cheek/82475886/   
        
      
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