Watch: Police Release Bodycam Video Of 2019 'Use Of Force' Incident

Warning: This video contains graphic images.

NEW HAVEN, CT —As part of the department's mission to be transparent and open with the community they say, New Haven police have shared body worn camera footage of Oct. 10, 2019 use of force by police officer Salvati. Police said that day officers were investigating a "series of violent events" in Fair Haven.

Over the course of around 20 minutes that night, police Capt. Rose Dell said, there was a violent assault, a person was shot and there was a two-car fiery rollover crash.

At the time, Steven Freytes-Rivera, then 39, was charged with criminal possession of a firearm and attempt to assault a public safety official.

The bodycam video from police shows he had a gun and tried to use shards of glass against the officer, Rose said.

After the State's Attorney reviewed the case, he was later charged with numerous felonies including two B felony charges of first-degree assault, "under circumstances evincing an extreme indifference to human life he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a risk of death to another person, and thereby causes serious physical injury to another person."

He's been held since 2019 on a $500,000 bond.

The New Haven Register reported on the details in a police incident report.

The graphic footage shows Salvati used force to prevent Freytes-Rivera from potentially assaulting him with shards of glass, Dell said.

That led to the incident being reviewed by Police Chief Jacobson, Internal Affairs, and the Civilian Review Board.

The following video presents the facts of the case, Dell said.

Caution: This video contains graphic images.