Family of unarmed man shot and killed by Prescott police plans to file charges

Prescott police responded to reports that Daniel threatened his girlfriend and tried to break down the door of an RV where she was staying.

“A lot of this came down to the way she acted and the activities she did in front of the child that Daniel cared deeply about. Its entire existence was to protect these children and the child and to reduce trauma for the child,” Wendy said.

According to police, Daniel initially ran from the scene on June 7 and was later spotted by an officer attempting a traffic stop, but Daniel sped away.

The next day, officers returned to the house and he was shot and killed.

Richard Lyons, who is representing the family, believes Daniel was within his legal rights to refuse to speak to the officer.

“Daniel says, ‘No, I’m not going to talk to you.’ He is exercising his Fifth Amendment privilege not to talk to police,” Lyons said.

He watched the bodycam video for the first time with Arizona’s Family and said he was shocked by what he saw.

“The officer says, ‘I want you to get out of the car.’ Daniel does so and the officer pulls his gun anyway. I have no idea why he’s drawing on him. There is no weapon. At that moment he is not doing anything wrong. He pulls a minibike out of a car,” Lyons said.

The video shows the interaction between Daniel and the officer quickly escalating.

“It went from 0 to 100 in an instant and if you listen to the bodycam he says, ‘I’m trying to make contact.’ He doesn’t say on his radio, ‘I’m going to arrest this guy,'” Lyons clarified.

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