Houston Cop Under Fire For Shooting Shoplifter Who Resisted Arrested, Grabbed Cop's Taser

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Family members of a shoplifting suspect who was shot to death while pinned down by a Harris County sheriff's deputy insist the bodycam footage of the incident doesn't paint the entire picture of their loved one's death.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office made a video public on Friday of Roderick Brooks' July 8 takedown and death. Sgt. Garrett Hardin went after the 47-year-old on foot while responding to a shoplifting and assault call at a Dollar General on FM-1960.

The HCSO's footage shows Hardin spot a man matching the description of the Dollar General suspect. That person runs and the sergeant goes after him.

Hardin tells Brooks he will use his Taser on him before they both wind up at a gas station, where the stun gun was deployed. Hardin then takes down Brooks, who tries to struggle face down while the sergeant is pinned on him.

"Why are you tasing me?" Brooks is heard asking before the stun gun enters the view and is in the suspect's reach.

The video then indicates that Brooks is holding the stun gun, and Hardin is heard telling him to put it down.

"I'm going to shoot you. Put that down!" Hardin says, before one shot discharges.

Brooks becomes motionless, and Hardin calls for medical attention.

The sheriff's office released the bodycam video on the same day Brooks' family laid him to rest in Longview, Texas.