Colorado sheriff's office releases bodycam footage of man being struck by SUV after being tased by deputy

Bodycam footage shows a Colorado deputy fire a Taser at a man running onto an interstate about five seconds before he was struck by an SUV.

Larimer County Sheriff’s deputy Lorenzo Lujan is heard saying "S--t, s--t" about five seconds before the driver of an SUV honks and hits 28-year-old Brent Thompson on I-25, according to body camera footage released on Wednesday.

Sheriff John Feyen said in a statement that his department grieved Thompson’s death but defended the deputy’s "decisive action" on the night of February 18 to deploy his Taser at Thompson as he ran onto the interstate into oncoming traffic. Thompson was suspected of giving a fake name to deputies after he was pulled over at about 9:15 p.m. for expired registration.

"Every incident provides an opportunity to reflect and grow as an agency, and this incident is no exception," Feyen wrote. "The deputy was forced to make a choice with no easy answer: act and try to stop the suspect… or stand by passively and simply hope no innocent people got hurt. We will continue to discuss this challenging case in training and internal conversations about dynamic decision-making, safety priorities, and the consequences of action or inaction."