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Police in Utah killed a 25-year-old during a traffic stop this month after
he refused to obey commands and an officer said he had a gun, body camera
video released Wednesday reveals.
Video presented to reporters by Farmington Police Chief Eric Johnsen — who
called the incident "a tragic ending to what started out as an everyday
traffic stop" — shows five officers' fatal shooting of Chase Allan on
March 1 after an officer pulled Allan over for what authorities said was
an illegitimate license plate.
The video was a compilation pulled from the five officers' body cameras
and the dashboard camera of the officer who pulled Allan over. It was also
interspersed with brief written summaries of what police claimed happened.
The day after the deadly shooting, Farmington police said in a statement
that "the driver became non-compliant with the initial officer."
The initial announcement did not mention that the officers started
shooting after one yelled “gun!” and that a gun was later found on the
floor of Allan’s car, as the newly released video shows.
The five officers have been placed on administrative leave under
department policy during an investigation by the Davis County Critical
Incident Protocol Team, which is made up of a variety of investigators.
Johnsen conceded Wednesday that the video "is only one piece of
information in the incident and the only information available to us at
the moment."
Body camera video shows encounter
The encounter occurred just after 3:20 p.m., when the officer pulled Allan
over for a traffic stop at 145 E. State St. in Farmington, about 17 miles
north of Salt Lake City, according to the information released March 2.
The video shows Allan pulling into a parking lot after having been trailed
by the police officer. The officer approaches the car, and Allan
"immediately asserts his right to not obey the laws of the land, at least
the reason for this traffic stop," Johnsen told reporters. Allan was
alone, police said.
When the officer tells Allan the car lacks registration, Allan replied
that he doesn't need registration and won't answer questions, and the
first officer calls for backup.
The video shows that Allan kept the window mostly rolled up during the
encounter and that he appeared to be recording the interaction on his
phone.
The officer repeatedly asks Allan to provide identification, which he
initially refuses to do before he provides a passport listing his name as
Chase Allen. He then claims "that is not me," and the officer asks him
whether he has a fraudulent passport before he orders him out of the
vehicle.
A second officer who had arrived as backup threatens to break Allan’s
window and pull him out if he doesn't get out voluntarily.
Allan refuses to get out of the car and warns the officers they will “have
an issue” if they proceed as they have been.
He then transfers the phone with which he is recording the incident from
his right hand to his left hand. He simultaneously moves his coat back to
reveal a holster on his right hip, the video shows. No gun is visible at
that point on the video.
The officer who pulled Allan over then opens the door of the car. That's
when, police say, Allan's hand moves toward his right hip, where his
holster is. Another officer tries to remove Allan from the car as the
others stand behind him, and at least one of the officers begins yelling,
"Gun!"
The five officers begin to back away from the car and shoot into it. They
stop shooting when one of them repeatedly yells, "Cease fire," the video
shows.
The officers remove Allan from the car. The holster on his hip was empty,
and a gun was on the floorboard just below the driver's seat, the video
shows.
Officers handcuffed Allan while he was unresponsive and facedown on the
pavement, according to more extensive body camera video provided to NBC
News. Officers reported a possible head wound and multiple chest wounds,
according to the video. The more extensive video blurs Allan’s body after
the shooting.
Officers haven't claimed that Allan returned fire.
Emergency medical personnel provided medical aid at the scene, and Allan
was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. The officers were
physically unharmed.
Family calls it a 'brutal murder'
Allan's family called it a "brutal murder" in a statement the day after
his death, claiming they had been "stonewalled by police." They also said
they found out about the shooting through local media coverage rather than
directly from law enforcement, NBC affiliate KSL of Salt Lake City
reported.
Johnsen said police had "been working diligently to collect the facts,"
KSL reported.
Relatives described Allan as a “loving soul” who graduated from Utah State
University and had been studying law the last few years, adding that he
was "a patriot doing what he could to defend the people’s freedom and
liberty in his community," KSL reported.
Allan is the third person to have died in police-involved shootings in
Utah this year, according to a database maintained by The Washington Post.
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