Judge dismisses charge against ex-Mesa officer in shooting
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December 13, 2020
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled that there wasn't enough evidence to put a former Mesa police officer on trial for shooting an unarmed man in the buttocks outside a sports bar in the Phoenix suburb.
The judge on Friday dismissed the charge accusing Nathan Chisler of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the 2019 encounter with Randy Sewell, KNXV-TV reported.
Police body-worn camera video showed officers scuffled with Sewell outside the Ojos Locos Sports Cantina when they tried to arrest him.
Sewell, who was unarmed, had been tasered, and he was holding onto a utility pole.
Chisler approached from behind and fired his gun, and he said in police reports that Sewell appeared to reach for his waistband.
Officers initially approached Sewell and his friends to add their names to a trespass log because the bar did not want them to return.
A criminal case charging Sewell with charges that include resisting arrest and aggravated assault on an officer remains pending.
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