Man Nearly Strangles A DCS Worker To Death On Livestream After Investigating The Attacker's Children

Posted • November 10, 2024: Mesa, Arizona — A DCS worker is out of the hospital after nearly getting strangled to death while working. The suspect, identified as De’Andre Johnson, was arrested and is facing four charges including attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. The incident happened on Tuesday, November 5, at Mesa Tower, located near Southern Avenue and Alma School Road. According to the Mesa Police Department, for two and a half minutes Johnson put the DCS worker in a chokehold. The employee was working on a case involving Johnson’s daughter. The crime was live-streamed on Johnson’s social media. ABC 15 has reviewed the video which shows the victim interviewing Johnson for about an hour in the lobby of Mesa Tower.

At one point the two discuss whether Johnson’s children have been physically abused or neglected, but the employee says he doesn’t expect the case to go much further. Still… after the two are finished talking Johnson asks the DCS worker to “dap him.” The two fist bump and then Johnson attacks. Johnson is heard saying the worker is a “dead man” multiple times. In another of Johnson’s live streams reviewed by ABC15, he appears to be at his daughter’s school saying he wants to know why his daughter no longer wants to come to school after being interviewed in a school conference room. He is heard saying on camera that school staff “don’t think it’s their job to tell me that my daughter is going into a room. Like this. With the door closed with a man and they can’t tell me what happened. And now my daughter don’t want to come back to school. We got issues. You going to get to know me today.” Police told Johnson at the time that DCS does have the ability to interview his child.