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COTTONWOOD, Az. (AP) – Police at the scene of a deadly brawl outside a Walmart store in a small Arizona town deployed electronic stun guns and made multiple efforts to stop a large family from attacking them, according to a video recording released Friday.
But one officer was injured and one man was killed during the violent confrontation in which officers were tackled to the ground and put in choke-holds.
The video released by Cottonwood Police reveals how the confrontation unfolded on March 21 after officers were called about a Walmart employee being shoved. The family involved was living out of a Chevrolet Suburban SUV with Idaho license plates, police said.
The melee resulted in the non-fatal shooting of Sgt. Jeremy Daniels, who can be seen throughout the video being attacked and struggling for what appears to be his gun. Enoch Gaver, 21, was killed in the confrontation; 28-year-old David Gaver was shot in the abdomen but has since been released from the hospital and is being charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
