WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF ASSAULT AND A FATAL SHOOTING. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED.
The Arizona Department of Public safety has released the dashcam video of the fatal shooting of a suspect in the parking lot of Cottonwood Wal-Mart on March 21.
A police officer was wounded in the leg and another suspect was shot in the abdomen. The fatal shot appears at time index 3:14.
A police officer was shot in the leg, two suspects were shot and one suspect was killed in brawl between at least eight suspects, eight police officers and store employee in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Cottonwood on Saturday, March 21.
At approximately 11:52 p.m., Cottonwood Police Department received a call from the Cottonwood Wal-Mart reporting that a female Wal-Mart employee had been assaulted in the store by multiple suspects.
When officers arrived the suspects were in the parking lot and immediately attacked the responding officers, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. During the altercation, one of the Cottonwood officers was shot in his leg. It is unclear who fired the round.
One of the suspects, Enoch Gaver, 21, was shot and killed. A second suspect, David Gaver, 28, was shot in the abdomen. Seven other suspects were eventually taken into custody. A total of eight officers and another Wal-Mart employee were assaulted in the parking lot during the fight. Seven of those officers sustained minor injuries to include lacerations and bruising.
The officer injured by the gunshot, Cottonwood Police Department Sgt. Jeremy Daniels, was flown to Flagstaff Medical Center where he underwent surgery for his injuries. The 31-year-old officer has been with CPD for about 10 years and should make a full recovery, according to DPS.
