The local cop who shot at a man accused of carjacking a trash truck was “justified in the use of deadly force,” according to the Middlesex DA’s office.

Everett Police Officer Daniel Wall fired his gun multiple times at 33-year-old Malden man Admilson Vizcaino amid the chaotic scene last summer.

The Middlesex DA’s office has now finished its investigation into the non-fatal shooting of Vizcaino. The DA’s office has ruled that Wall should not face criminal charges.

“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 DA’s office said in a statement.

“Based upon a full review of the facts and the applicable law, no criminal charges are warranted,” the office added.

Wall fired four shots from his department-issued gun.

The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office has concluded the investigation into the non-fatal shooting of a 33-year-old Malden man. (Middlesex DA report photo)

Vizcaino has been charged with 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.

On July 31, 2025, at around 12:45 p.m., Medford Police received a report of a person acting erratically at a local gas station. That person was later identified as Vizcaino.

He left the gas station in a black Chevrolet SUV before police could arrive, and Medford Police sent out alert about the suspect.

Following incidents in multiple communities, Vizcaino eventually drove into Everett and allegedly crashed his SUV into multiple vehicles on Broadway in the area of Mystic Street. He continued to drive until the vehicle became disabled.

Vizcaino tumbled from his vehicle and allegedly attempted to carjack multiple nearby vehicles while wielding a knife.

Massachusetts State Police troopers and Everett Police officers surrounded Vizcaino who allegedly swung at them with the knife.

State Police troopers used a Taser in an attempt to subdue him. The suspect continued to evade police on foot after being tased, and he approached a garbage truck that was stopped at a red light.

Vizcaino allegedly opened the driver side door of the garbage truck and forcibly gained control of the truck, which contained two occupants.

The passenger was able to exit the truck while the suspect, still armed with the knife, struggled with the driver.

That’s when Wall fired his weapon at Vizcaino, and the cop was able to pull the driver from the truck.

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Vizcaino then drove the garbage truck about a half-mile down the road before crashing it into the guardrail on the Alford Street bridge.

Police were able to remove him from the truck and arrest him. He was transported to a nearby hospital.

“… It is my recommendation and that of investigators that you find that Officer Wall was reasonable in his belief that the Republic Services driver (name redacted) was in imminent danger or death or serious bodily injury and that the unpredictable, erratic and assaultive behavior Vizcaino was exhibiting and the failure of less lethal measures, specifically numerous taser deployments, to stop Vizcaino, left use of deadly force as his only recourse at that time and place,” Middlesex ADA Adrienne Lynch wrote. “His use of force was not excessive, (i.e., no more force than was reasonably necessary), in the circumstances and, therefore, the shooting was justified in the reasonable exercise of defense of another/self-defense, under Massachusetts law.”