The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office has released bodycam footage from a January shooting in Arcadia that left a registered sexual offender dead and a deputy injured.
DCSO posted an overview video with footage from the deadly shooting on its Facebook page.
(WARNING: This footage might be unsuitable for some viewers.)
Click here to view their full video.
According to DCSO, it received a call from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office in Georgia about a man with an active warrant in Georgia's Forsyth County for enticing a child for indecent purposes.
Deputies discovered Matthew Steven Rollie , 30, was a registered sexual offender but did not register in DeSoto County, as required by law.
At approximately 2:16 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle believed to be occupied by Rollie around State Road 72, between Thigpen Road and Addison Avenue.
Two people were in the vehicle, and deputies identified Rollie as the passenger.
As deputies were working to confirm his identity, DCSO said that Rollie armed himself with a firearm and opened fire. He struck one of the deputies multiple times.
According to DCSO, deputies returned fire and struck Rollie. At the scene, Rollie was pronounced dead.
DCSO said the injured deputy is at home recovering.
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