JASPER COUNTY, Ind. — The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department released edited body camera video showing the interaction between an Indiana man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol and the sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot him.

Previous reports detail how Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart was pulled over near the Jasper/Pulaski county line on State Road 14 on Jan. 26 at approximately 4:15 p.m. The encounter ended in Huttle’s death with police stating that Huttle resisted during an arrest attempt and struggled with the deputy.

The sheriff’s department revealed little about the incident until releasing the edited bodycam footage on Thursday.

What the bodycam shows

The bodycam footage reveals Huttle was driving a minivan when the deputy pulled him over on State Road 14 and informed him he was being stopped for speeding. Huttle was driving 70 in a 55, according to the deputy.

The interaction is cordial at first with Huttle listening to music with his rescue dog in the backseat. The deputy even laughs and tells Huttle, “fair enough,” after Huttle says he was just “keeping up with traffic” as the reason for his speed.

Huttle then tells the deputy, unprompted, “I just want you to know I’m a January 6 defendant.”

“What do you mean?” the deputy asks.

“I stormed the Capitol,” Huttle says.

“Really?”

“Yeah, I can’t really afford to get in any trouble right now.”

“Okay.” The deputy laughs a little. “I understand, I understand.”

Huttle then admits to driving without a license, telling the deputy he’s waiting for his “hardship license” after moving back to Indiana from Idaho.

The deputy takes Huttle’s information and goes back to his squad vehicle. When he returns to Huttle’s driver’s side door, he asks Huttle to shut off the vehicle and step out of the van.

“Am I under arrest or anything?” Huttle asks.

After Huttle joins the deputy at the back of the van, the law enforcement officer explains that Huttle is a habitual offender. He gives Huttle a verbal warning for the speeding, but due to the felony status of being a habitual offender, the deputy says he has to take Huttle into custody.

“Today, you are going to come with me,” the deputy says.

“I can’t, I can’t,” Huttle responds.

“You’re going to have to,” the deputy tells him.

“I can’t go to jail for this, sir.”

As the deputy explains the situation, Huttle is visibly nervous and fretting in the bodycam footage. He is picking at his pinky nail with a panicked look in his eye.

When the deputy asks Huttle to put his hands behind his back, he bolts for the van.

“Don’t you do it, buddy!” the deputy says while chasing after him.

Huttle jumps into the driver’s seat and the two struggle, but the body camera footage is blurred and little can be made out.

“I’m shooting myself,” Huttle can be heard saying.

“No, no, no, no,” the deputy says.

The deputy can be seen jumping backward, pulling out his pistol and firing four or five shots while retreating from the van.

Huttle can’t be seen in the released bodycam footage due to a box blurring one-third of the footage.

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department did previously reveal that Huttle was in possession of a firearm at the time of the incident. It is unclear in the footage, due to the blurring, if Huttle turned or pointed the weapon in the direction of the officer during the struggle prompting the officer to retreat, draw his own firearm, and fire at Huttle.

Prosecutor calls shooting ‘justified’

The Jasper Sheriff’s Department provided no statement with the bodycam footage release, but Clinton County Deputy Prosecutor Chris Vawter did release his findings a few hours after the footage was posted.

Vawter served as special prosecutor in the shooting investigation.

According to Vawter, Huttle raised a gun while stating, “I’m shooting myself.” Vawter cites dashcam footage from the deputy’s patrol vehicle as showing Huttle raising an object while inside the minivan.

“Believing that Huttle posed a deadly threat, the Deputy fired multiple shots, striking Huttle,” Vawter said in his findings.

A loaded 9mm handgun and additional ammunition was found in the minivan “near where Huttle had reached,” according to Vawter.

Vawter said that based on these findings, the deputy was legally justified in using deadly force to defend himself.

“Despite lawful commands, Huttle attempted to reach for a firearm, posing an imminent threat to the Deputy’s safety,” Vawter said. “Given these facts, the Deputy’s actions were legally justified under Indiana law. This investigation is now closed and no charges will be filed.”

The edited and censored footage can be viewed here.