Fatal Nashville Police Shooting: A Traffic Stop, A Struggle, A Chase, A Brandished Gun, Two Shots In The Back (WATCH)

EAST NASHVILLE, TN — The man who was shot and killed by a Metro Nashville police officer Tuesday afternoon was hit twice in the lower back, according to a preliminary investigation, and was carrying a fully loaded .357 magnum handgun. Metro Police released surveillance footage of the shooting and what led to it late Friday.

Jocques Scott Clemmons, 31, died during surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Friday evening after he was shot by Joshua Lippert, a five-year Metro Nashville Police Department veteran, shortly after 1 p.m. Friday at Cayce Homes in East Nashville (for updates on this story and other local news, find and subscribe to your local Middle Tennessee Patch).

Lippert pulled alongside Clemmons' SUV outside Cayce Homes to ask him about running the stop sign. Police say surveillance video shows Clemmons charging at Lippert "making full contact with his body." Clemmons then ran across the parking lot and investigators say video shows him clutching at something in waistband. Lippert caught up to Clemmons and attempted to take him into custody. During that struggle, the .357 fell to the ground. Investigators say Lippert attempted to kick at the gun and Clemmons' arm to prevent him from grabbing it. Nevertheless, Clemmons was able to retrieve the gun.

Clemmons did not comply when Lippert ordered him to drop the gun and, with the men just a few feet apart, Clemmons "continued to move with gun in hand," according to police. As Clemmons turned to move between two parked cars, Lippert fired his service pistol three times, striking Clemmons twice in the lower back. Lippert and other officers rendered first aid until Nashville Fire Department crews arrived on-scene.

Watch the surveillance footage provided by Metro Police below.

It is unclear why Clemmons ran initially from Lippert, though as a convicted felon — he was convicted of felony cocaine possession in 2014 — it would be illegal for him to be in possession of a firearm. It is also illegal to carry a gun in federal housing projects.

Lippert, as is standard protocol, is on administrative assignment during the investigation, which is being conducted by MNPD with assistance from district-attorney's investigators.

Image via Metro Nashville Police