trigger happy cop Original Article Police officer in shooting also killed man in '03 incident Michael Ferraresi The Arizona Republic Oct. 15, 2005 12:00 AM SCOTTSDALE - The officer who shot and killed a pipe-wielding man this week was involved in a similar incident in 2003, just months after he was suspended for unprofessional conduct. Officer James Peters, one of two officers under investigation in the Monday shooting of Mark Wesley Smith, also was responsible for the death of a man with a deadly weapon in March 2003. In that incident, Peters fired one shot at disbarred lawyer Brent Bradshaw, who was wandering along the Arizona Canal at Miller and Chaparral roads armed with a shotgun. Bradshaw died later. In his six-year career with Scottsdale, Peters had a handful of superior-performance awards in his record, but he had one demerit. In December 2002, Peters was suspended for eight days without pay for not stopping a police trainee from using excessive force while transporting a suspect. The trainee, who was driving, "deliberately applied the brakes several times, causing the prisoner to strike the cage divider" in a patrol car, according to police records. On Monday, Peters reportedly shot Smith, a burglary suspect, outside an auto body shop near Hayden and McKellips roads. Police officials said four shots were fired. The investigation into Peters and Officer David Alvarado is ongoing, police said.