Texas Deputy Said 'I Just Smoked a Dude' After Shooting Unarmed Man Dead at Traffic Stop: Report

• Former Texas Deputy Shane Iverson shot and killed driver Timothy Randall during a traffic stop in September 2022, according to reports
• Iverson retired shortly after and was not charged in connection to the incident
• Police dash cam footage was released of the shooting two years after the incident after Randall’s mom filed a federal lawsuit, per NBC News

Footage has been released of a Texas deputy killing an unarmed man while on duty two and a half years after the incident.

Timothy Randall, 29, was shot and killed by former Sgt. Shane Iversen of the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office during a traffic stop in Turnertown on Sept. 14, 2022. Iverson, 57, was never charged with a crime and quietly retired after the incident, KLTV and NBC News reported.

Iverson reportedly stopped Randall for running a stop sign just after 12:30 a.m. local time as he was driving to his cousin’s house after a night out.

In police dash cam footage of the incident, Randall could be seen stepping out of the car and being asked to take his hands out of his pockets. According to NBC News, Randall put his wallet in his back pocket and Iversen then “dug his hands into the front of Randall’s pants and told him to put his hands behind his back” as Randall kept his arms raised.

Randall then told the deputy, “Officer, I don’t have anything on me,” asking a few seconds later, “Please, can you tell me what I’m under arrest for?” Iverson didn’t respond and went on to wrestle Randall to the ground. Randall then turned to run away from Iversen and the deputy shouted “Get down!” before shooting him once in the chest, per NBC News. Randall kept running but collapsed moments later, according to the outlet.

Iversen radioed for an ambulance but it was too late, as Randall died on the side of the road. Iversen went back to his patrol car after a second deputy arrived on the scene and phoned a colleague, telling him, “I just smoked a dude,” per NBC News.

Autopsy records showed that Randell’s death was caused by a “bullet torn through his ribs, lungs and heart,” the outlet reported.

Randall’s mother, Wendy Tippett, only learned of what happened to her son two years later when Iverson’s lawyers turned over the footage after she filed a federal lawsuit. “No one was telling us anything,” she told NBC News.

In January, Iverson was denied qualified immunity by a federal judge for the shooting. Qualified immunity clears government officials of liability for lawsuits as long as the conduct doesn’t violate statutory or constitutional rights. The motion was filed by Rusk County attorney Lee Correa on Dec. 16, 2024, KLTV reported.

Judge John D. Love, U.S. Magistrate for the Eastern District of Texas said, per the outlet, that “Randall never threatened Iverson” and that the deputy’s warning to get down “was insufficient” as the warning was given at the same time Randall was shot.” KLTV reported.

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PEOPLE has reached out to Rusk County Police and the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office for comment.