NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Louisiana State Police have launched body-cam video of a trooper’s deadly taking pictures of a driver in Ascension Parish that occurred on Sept. 30.

The video exhibits the moments main up to–and after– a wrestle between the unidentified trooper and the driving force, 34-year-old Brandon Nicholas of Sunshine.

Whereas the trooper claimed that he noticed a pistol in Nicholas’s automobile, there was no gun discovered within the automobile after Nicholas was fatally shot. As an alternative, troopers stated they discovered a gun in a ditch alongside the Louisiana Freeway 431, between the place the chase started and ended. That may be someplace alongside a mile and a half stretch of dimly-lit freeway, at about 2 a.m.

LSP Superintendent, Colonel Robert Hodges, stated the investigation is “energetic” and he inspired anybody with details about the incident to report it it.

You possibly can see our report on the LSP video above, or you possibly can watch the 10-minute LSP “Crucial Incident Briefing Video” right here.