A police officer has been filmed beating and Tasering a 17-year-old boy during a traffic stop in Virginia.

The footage has prompted an investigation into the officers' conduct - and claims he even tried to delete the video, but failed.

Brandon Wyne was in the backseat of the car driven by his friend Courtney Griffith, 18, on January 10 when they were pulled over for a broken tail light.

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Horrific: Cell phone footage captured the moment Brandon Wyne, 17, and his friend Courtney Griffith, 18, were pulled over for a traffic stop that escalated into Wyne being stunned and pepper sprayed

Tried to delete it? A police officer can be seen stopping the footage before allegedly trying to delete it

However, when the officers approached their car they claimed to smell marijuana and ordered everyone out of the car.

Griffith said she does not allow marijuana in her car and demanded to be presented with an arrest warrant.

Wyne agreed to comply but on the condition that nobody touch him until his mother arrive as he is a minor.

His resistance prompted an argument, filmed on Griffith's cell phone, which culminated in the officer spraying Wyne with pepper spray and stunning him with a Taser gun twice.

The boy can be seen screaming in pain, shouting: 'I'm 17 years old! Stop!'

Wyne had agreed to get out the car on the condition that nobody touch him until his mother arrives because he is a minor. The officer retaliated to his request by pepper spraying him in the eyes (right)

The boy clutches his eyes, screaming 'Stop!' and the officer says, 'you 're going to get it again'

He raises his hands in the air shouting 'Stop! Stop!' and the officer says, 'you 're going to get it again' - before Tasering him once more.

The video stops once Wyne and Griffith are pulled out of the car and a police officer spots the cell phone, propped up on the dashboard. Grabbing the phone, he stops the recording.

It has emerged months later after Griffith claims she found it in the 'Recently Deleted' folder of her cell phone.

Reacting to the video, Virginia Beach Police Chief Jim Cervera told WTKR: 'There`s some things I saw in that that I do not feel comfortable with.'

He added that he will be investigating whether the officer tampered with evidence.

A statement released by the Virginia Beach Police Department said the officer under investigation has been placed on administrative duty.