Bodycam footage from a Colorado officer shows the moment he shot Austin Snodgrass (pictured) who was walking toward him with a pellet gun as he attempted ‘suicide by cop’
The shocking bodycam footage from a Colorado officer shows the moment he shot a 25-year-old man who was walking toward him with a pellet gun.
Austin Snodgrass called 911 on January 21 to report that a stranger was stabbing his roommate, according to Fort Collins Police Services.
In the video, Officer Matthew Brede responds to the scene along with another officer who isn’t show in the clip.
Brede pulls up in front of a home and is heard telling a resident in the area to go back inside because ‘there might have been a stabbing just down the street’.
After prepping his weapon, Brede then runs toward the home where Snodgrass stood waiting outside.
In the video, a man is seen walking toward the officer. Moments later, the officer is seen firing off at least four rounds as the man, later identified as Snodgrass, falls to the ground.
‘Get your hands out,’ the other responding officer yells as the two men approach the suspect.
In the video, Officer Matthew Brede responds to the scene along with another officer who isn’t show in the clip. Brede pulls up in front of a home and preps his weapon
Police later determined no stabbing had ever occurred and that Snodgrass was carrying a pellet gun.
The Larimer County District Attorney’s Office said Snodgrass was attempting ‘suicide by cop’.
After recovering from his wounds, Snodgrass was jailed on suspicion of felony menacing with a deadly weapon and attempting to influence a public servant.
District Attorney Cliff Riedel cleared Brede of wrongdoing in the incident saying that the officer acted lawfully in shooting Snodgrass as the suspect walked toward him while pointing a pellet gun at him.
Snodgrass struck a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty in September to felony menacing.
Investigators said Snodgrass acknowledged luring police to his home with a false report that his roommate had been stabbed. He said he lied to get officers to shoot him because he did not want to live anymore.
In September, Snodgrass was sentenced to three years in a community corrections program.
Community Corrections aims to reintegrate felony offenders into the community by providing counseling and life skills training.
In the video, a man (circled) is seen walking toward the officer
Moments later, the officer is seen firing off at least four rounds as the man, later identified as Snodgrass, falls to the ground. In September, Snodgrass was sentenced to three years in a community corrections program