Chilling cop bodycam footage reveals moments before unarmed father-of-two was shot dead in a hotel by Arizona police officer while on an out-of-town business trip

Arizona police have released bodycam video of the night an unarmed father was shot dead by cops after begging for his life. 

However, the shaky footage published publicly on Tuesday omits the crucial moment Daniel Shaver, 26, was gunned down by officer Philip Brailsford in Mesa on January 18. 

Shaver, a married father-of-two from Texas, was in the city for business relating to his work in pest control.

Police were called to his hotel after reports that someone was pointing a gun from a window on a high-up floor in La Quinta Inn & Suites on East Superstition Springs Boulevard.

Though Shaver carries two pellet guns with him for work, he was unarmed at the time. 

All that can be seen or heard in the video is police ordering guests on the fifth floor to get out their rooms as they surrounded Room 502, Shaver's room.

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This is the bodycam video of the night an unarmed father was shot dead by cop in Mesa, Arizona, in January

The edited version of Brailsford's video ends when someone walks out of the room

The shaky footage published publicly on Tuesday omits the crucial moment Daniel Shaver, 26, was gunned down by officer Philip Brailsford on January 18. Police later determined Shaver was unarmed at the time

Daniel Shaver, 26, (pictured with his two daughters) was heard saying 'please don't shoot me' before he was killed in January

Officer Philip 'Mitch' Brailsford, has since been terminated from Mesa Police Department and charged with second-degree murder

Investigators said in police records and in court that the video shows Shaver on the ground outside his room as he is ordered to crawl toward officers and tearfully pleads with them not to kill him.

Officers at the scene say they believed Shaver was reaching for a gun.

No weapons were recovered from Shaver's body. 

Investigators found two pellet rifles in the hotel room that were later determined to be part of his pest-control job.

Video released on Tuesday shows officers responding to a report of someone pointing a gun from the window of an Arizona hotel, but a judge barred the release of additional footage showing an officer later shooting and killing an unarmed man at the scene. 

Brailsford has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in Shaver's death.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers ordered portions of the video released after Shaver's widow and news organizations, including The Associated Press, called for it to be unsealed as a way to hold police accountable and serve the public interest.

However, the order bars the public release of the face-to-face encounter between officers and Shaver until Brailsford's case is resolved. 

Brailsford was later fired for violations of departmental policies.

The video shows Brailsford and other officers getting into a hotel elevator, listening to a sergeant voice a plan for getting Shaver and a woman out of the room, and waiting for several minutes as their calls for the pair to come out went unanswered.

'Listen to my instructions or it's going to become very uncomfortable for you,' one of the officers shouted.

Officers took cover in doorways as they waited for a response. Brailsford and another rifle-carrying officer at one point crouched down on their knees as they pointed their guns down the hallway.

All that can be seen or heard in the video is police ordering residents on the fifth floor to get out their rooms

The officers can be seen entering La Quinta Inn & Suites on East Superstition Springs Boulevard

The video shows Brailsford and others getting into an elevator, listening to a sergeant voice a plan for getting Shaver and a woman out of the room, and waiting as their calls for the pair to come out went unanswered

Officers took cover in doorways as they waited for a response

Brailsford and another rifle-carrying officer at one point crouched down on their knees as they pointed their guns down the hallway

Laney Sweet, Shaver's widow (pictured with her husband and their two daughters), previously criticized the way police explained the incident claiming that it did not sound like something her husband would do

The edited version of Brailsford's video ends when someone walks out of the room.

Video taken by another officer ends with an upset woman being taken from the hotel to wait on a bench.

Brailsford, prosecutors and Shaver's parents have argued that the video shouldn't be released to protect Brailsford's right to a fair trial.

Police shooting videos have become the focal point of protests around the country. 

Chicago officials fought for more than a year to withhold a video showing a teenager getting shot by a police officer, and the court-ordered release of the footage prompted heated protests against Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The AP, Arizona Republic, 12 News (KPNX-TV), ABC15 (KNXV-TV), CBS 5 (KPHO-TV) and 3 TV (KTVK) petitioned the court to release the Arizona video.