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Mesa reaches $8 million settlement with widow of Daniel Shaver

The city of Mesa has reached an $8 million settlement with the widow of a Texas man shot dead by police in 2016.

Daniel Shaver was unarmed when he was fatally shot in the hallway of a La Quinta Inn & Suites.

The case drew nationwide attention after bodycam footage was released showing Shaver pleading with police.

The officer who shot him was acquitted of second-degree murder in the case.

Ignacio Ventura is a reporter for KJZZ. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and a minor in news media and society.