A 23-year-old man who was shot by Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies last month and then charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder is scheduled for a court appearance Tuesday.
Ta’Darius McDaniel, 23, was wounded by deputies after police said he accelerated an allegedly stolen vehicle toward them during a traffic stop at a Speedway gas station on Highway 58. McDaniel’s mother, Tomorrow Green, said his lawyer will try to play security camera footage in court in the hopes of convincing the judge to reduce the charges.
The office for McDaniel’s lawyer, Philip Duval, did not return calls requesting comment.
McDaniel said in a phone interview from the Hamilton County Jail that his foot came off the brake moments before the two deputies struck his arm, shoulder and back with six bullets. His car was in drive, McDaniel said, and when the deputies pulled up, they startled him.
“I was trying to put it in park,” he said. “By the time I looked down to switch gears, I was already shot.”