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With his rifle drawn, Fort Collins Police Services officer Matthew Brede shouted “drop it” to the man walking toward him with what appeared to be a handgun, newly released video footage of the Jan. 21 police shooting shows. In the moments after, Brede fired his rifle 10 times, and Austin Snodgrass, the man in front of him, fell to the ground, suffering from three gunshot wounds. Snodgrass survived the shooting. FCPS released body-mounted camera footage of the January shooting on Tuesday. Larimer County District Attorney Cliff Riedel cleared Brede of any criminal wrongdoing in the incident in February, saying Snodgrass had admitted the standoff outside his Hastings Drive home was an attempt at “suicide by cop.” At a news conference Tuesday, Interim Police Chief Terry Jones went over the facts of the case, and reiterated that Snodgrass had orchestrated the confrontation with Brede as an attempt to take his own life. “Mr. Snodgrass is extremely fortunate that he survived his wounds,” Jones said. “Any time you’re shot with this type of weapon, the outcome is generally catastrophic.” Snodgrass survived was ultimately sentenced to serve three years in community corrections for felony menacing, after he pleaded guilty to that charge. Snodgrass, now 25, called 911 on Jan. 21 and falsely reported that an intruder had stabbed his roommate.
On Tuesday, police shared video footage of the shooting and an audio recording of the 911 call from Snodgrass that brought police to his home. When officers arrived at the home, Snodgrass approached Brede with a pellet-gun replica of a handgun and ignored commands to drop it. Brede, believing the gun to be real, fired his rifle 10 times, hitting Snodgrass three times. The video footage shows officers surrounding the home after the shooting, trying to figure out if anyone else was inside. After he was shot, Snodgrass complied with officers’ orders to show his hands. One officer handcuffed Snodgrass as he lie moaning on the ground. A few moments later, several officers carried him away from the home, to an area where emergency crews gave him medical treatment. Part of the reason for the delay in releasing the footage was due to administrative turnover within the department as well as waiting for criminal and internal reviews to be completed, officials said Tuesday. Larimer County Community Corrections is designed to reintegrate felony offenders into the community and provides counseling, life skills training, financial planning and management and crisis intervention. Law enforcement officers in Larimer County have shot five people — four of them fatally — so far in 2017. There were three officer-involved shootings in Larimer County in 2016.
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Austin Snodgrass call to 911: https://goo.gl/N2mxG4
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I love how everyone is thinking exactly what I was thinking.
This dude would be toast if even half those bullets landed, lucky the officer isn't a great shot.
shoots Cop: GET YOUR HSNDS OUT!!
Too bad he survived
Cops shoot you 10 times
Cops: DONT MOVE DONT MOVE SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!
You: 😵😵👻💀
man missed 7 shots with a sighted AR from less than 30 yards.
Hard to believe that guy didn't get what he wanted.
Anyone who owns a weapon will die at some point because of the weapon.
So fucking careless for the cop to fire 10 shots towards the horizon in a residential area when one or two well aimed shots would have sufficed.
shot 10times only hit 3 times..better get some range time with that rifle
That'd be a hell of a thing to survive 3 doses of 5.56.
I will give this shooting 3/10 stars
feel like 3 years is a bit much. he needs help not time in prison
Must have been one of those $20 red dot optics from ebay
Some day this dude will be really happy he lived. And he will always have this shit-shot cop to thank as his guardian angel
Mission failed, we'll get 'em next time
they blurred out the part where he pissed his pants
Fort Collins Police for you just google them and you'll see this PD is a fucking joke
he survived,,man will he be surprised spending life in cornhole prison
Just one question…why do cops usually unloading what sounds like a full clip? surely one or 2 shots would take someone down.
Sad. However, I feel the need to point out what others have. As a hunter, I can’t help but think, “this officer would starve to death if there were no grocery stores.â€
shooting an AR-15 on people must be twice as fun as shooting a pistol
gj officer
They would’ve shot him if he were black
Ok motherfuckers. That's an AR 15, not your spray and pray Glock
I like how they tell him to get his hands out when he’s dead 💀 good job cop
This guy is super lucky to be alive. God probably him chance to live again.
10 shot and only 1 hit him, that Cop should get shot nine times one for each bullet he sent flying down the street that could’ve easily hit someone innocent
It’s some protocol or something that the police after 30 bullets hitting the suspect they have to said: on the ground or put your hands out?