Philip Brailsford, Arizona police officer who shot unarmed man, briefly rehired in order to receive pension
Two years after he was fired for shooting an unarmed man in a hotel, an Arizona police officer was rehired for 42 days so that he could receive a special pension, America’s ABC News reports.
Officer Philip Brailsford, 28, shot 26-year-old Daniel Shaver in the hallway of a hotel in 2016.
Officers were called to the hotel with reports a man was pointing a rifle out a window. It was later revealed Mr Shaver had a pellet gun that he used for his pest-control work and was showing it to other guests in his room.
He did not have the gun when he was shot five times in the hallway with a semi-automatic weapon, and could be seen on bodycam footage begging officers not to fire as he followed their instructions.
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