DA finds clears officer for shooting suspect in trash truck carjacking near Encore casino
An Everett police officer who shot a suspect authorities say stole and crashed a garbage truck near Encore casino last summer has been found justified in using deadly force, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.
On July 31, 2025, Officer Daniel Wall shot 33-year-old Malden resident Admilson Vizcaino as Vizcaino tried to steal a Republic Services trash truck with its driver still inside, the district attorney's office said in a press release. Prior to the shooting, Vizcaino crashed his SUV into several vehicles, swung at police with a knife and remained standing after being Tased.
Vizcaino was left in critical condition, but survived and was arraigned in his hospital bed days later . The incident, which caused police to swarm Broadway in Everett, was caught on video by passersby .
Wall will not face criminal charges in connection with the shooting, the district attorney's office said Tuesday.
"Our review of the facts reveals that, in the totality of the circumstances, Officer Daniel Wall was justified in the use of deadly force in defense of himself and others, based upon his own belief and the reasonably objective belief that he and his fellow officers, the Republic Services truck driver and citizens in the area were in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury at the time he fired his firearm," the district attorney's office wrote.
Vizcaino faces five counts of attempted armed carjacking, two counts of armed carjacking, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, armed assault to rob and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in property damage in connection with the incident, the district attorney's office said.
What happened
The incident began around 12:45 p.m. when Medford police received a report of a person ― who was later identified as Vizcaino — "acting erratically" at a gas station, the district attorney's office said. Vizcaino left the gas station in a black Chevrolet SUV before police could arrive, so Medford police alerted nearby law enforcement to be on the lookout for the SUV.
Soon after, a Stoneham police officer unsuccessfully tried to pull Vizcaino over, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said on the day of the incident. Around 2 p.m., the SUV was spotted at a 7-Eleven in Billerica where a shoplifting incident had just taken place.
Around 3:15 p.m., Malden police responded to an address after a relative of Vizcaino's reported that he was there, Ryan said. Officers arrived at the address as he was leaving in the SUV and began pursuing him, but lost sight of him as he crossed into Everett.
Soon after, Vizcaino crashed the SUV into multiple cars on Broadway near Encore casino, but kept driving until his vehicle became completely inoperable, Ryan said. He then tried to steal several cars while armed with a knife, but was unsuccessful.
By this time, Everett police officers and Massachusetts State Police troopers began to catch up with Vizcaino, the district attorney's office said. He swung a knife at them and they Tased him, but he managed to run away and evade capture.
Vizcaino continued down the road until he came to the trash truck and tried to force the driver out while the truck was stopped at a red light, Ryan said. Despite the fact that police were now surrounding him, Vizcaino ignored commands to get away from the truck.
As Vizcaino pulled the truck's driver's side door open, Wall shot and struck him several times, Ryan said. Wall managed to get the truck driver out safely, and the truck's passenger exited the vehicle on their own, the district attorney's office said.
Despite being shot, Vizcaino forcibly gained control of the truck and drove it for about a half-mile down Broadway, striking utility poles and causing other property damage on the way, Ryan said. Troopers then deployed "stop sticks" to deflate the truck's tires, and the truck eventually came to rest on the Alford Street Bridge, which leads into Boston.
Afterwards, police got Vizcaino out of the truck and took him to a hospital in custody, the district attorney's office said.
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