Mesquite releases video of Joseph Wayne Butler being fatal shot by officers

The shooting happened on January 31, just after 8:30 p.m., when an officer was on routine patrol at an apartment complex in the 800 block of I-30.

During a previous shift, that officer got information from a license plate scan notification that the owner of a vehicle in the complex had an outstanding warrant.

The officer was following up on that and found the vehicle, but there was someone inside, later identified as 40-year-old Joseph Wayne Butler.

As the officer pulled up behind the vehicle, Butler is seen on video getting out of truck and fleeing on foot.

The officer chases after Butler and into a breezeway, where he is seen facing the officer armed with a gun on the officer’s bodycam video.

Butler then fired at the officer and the officer returned fire. It was eight seconds from when the officer first made contact with Butler, to the time he fired at the officer, according to police.

The officer, who has been with the department for three years, was not injured, while Butler was hit by the gunfire.

Police said officers performed CPR on Butler, but that video footage was not released. Butler was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Butler had active felony warrants from another agency, as well as a parole violation warrant.

Investigators recovered the pistol Butler fired, along with seven shell casings. There were two bullets found that struck a vehicle in the parking lot.

Police said the officer fired six shots.
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