Police release video of armed man shot near Fort Carson
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs Police Department released more information regarding the Nov. 4 officer-involved shooting near Fort Carson, including body camera footage of the incident.
The video below includes Corporal Ford's body-worn camera footage and Officer D'Amour's body-worn camera footage. Viewer discretion is advised, this video contains graphic image:
Investigators say officers spotted two vehicles pulling into the Safeway at Hwy. 115 and S. Academy around 4:45 a.m. That's when one of the drivers told officers that they were the victim of a road rage incident.
The officers then followed the suspect in the road rage incident to the area of Hwy. 115 and Fort Carson Gate 2. Police say the driver got out of his vehicle and pulled out a gun.
Colorado Springs Police Department 
Colorado Springs Police Department
Investigators identified the suspect as Dean Trasente, 33. Footage shows the officers demanding Trasente drop his weapon before the officers shot and killed him. Neither CSPD officer was hurt.
The officers are heard calling for medical attention and administering CPR. Live-saving measures were not successful. Trasente was pronounced dead on scene.
Corporal Clinton Ford and Officer Ashley D’Amour were involved in the shooting. They were put on administrative leave while a standard procedure investigation into the shooting is underway. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is still investigating this incident and the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s office will determine if the officers were justified.
