SILER CITY, N.C. — Editor's Note: The video in this story contains graphic content.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has released a video of a fatal shooting during a traffic stop.
The NC Highway State Patrol requested to release the camera footage from Trooper Rodney Cook’s patrol car.
The video shows Trooper Cook pulling over a Ford pickup truck for a seatbelt violation on Harmony Drive near Solo Drive in Siler City on May 30 around 4:37 p.m.
State Highway Patrol said during the stop, the driver, 21-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz of Staley was asked to exit the Ford when he didn't show his I.D. That's when he pulled out a gun and pointed it at Trooper Cook. Trooper Cook fires his service weapon hitting Diaz.
Authorities tried to perform life-saving procedures until EMS arrived. Diaz was taken to a local hospital and was later pronounced dead.
Trooper Cook was not injured during this shooting.
A passenger ran from the traffic stop but returned later for an investigation.
Trooper Cook, a 16-year veteran, was placed on administrative duty pending an internal investigation which is agency protocol in any trooper-involved shooting.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is investigating this incident.
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