PHOENIX — 12News is learning more about what prompted an Arizona man to livestream himself choking out an Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) case worker, nearly killing him. De’Andre Johnson’s aunt, Lisa Welch, said it all centers around a closed-door meeting the case worker had with his nine-year-old daughter.
12News first showed you the startling video Wednesday night. It shows Johnson having a lengthy conversation with a DCS case worker at a DCS office in Mesa on Tuesday near Alma School Road and Southern. As the DCS worker walks away, Johnson wraps his arms around his neck and chokes him for several minutes.
After the violent assault, Johnson can be heard saying on the live stream, “Anybody else think it’s okay to take little girls into a room?”…