BRIDGETON — Video and audio released by the Bridgeton Police Department on Tuesday shows officers Braheme Days and Roger Worley ordering Jerame Reid not to move before Reid appears to push his way out of the passenger side door. The video appears to show Reid with his hands in front of him as he stands to get out of the car and is shot and killed by the officers.

The altercation with police, which began with a traffic stop, escalated in a matter of two minutes as police described finding a gun, according to the video which was recorded on a patrol car's dashboard camera that was released after an Open Public Records request.

Days and Worley had pulled the car over at the intersection of South Avenue and Henry Street, in Bridgeton, at about 9:20 p.m. on Dec. 30. The video shows the officers driving through the city's streets and coming up on on blue Jaguar, driven by Leroy Tutt, 46, of Long Branch. They pull the car over moments later, and after Days approaches the passenger side and introduces himself, he tells the driver he's being pulled over for going through a stop sign on South Pine Street, which is adjacent to Henry Street.

Days asks the driver to get his driver's license and seconds later, the officer is seen pulling his gun.

Pictured is Jerame C. Reid, 36, of Seabrook -- the man who was fatally shot by Bridgeton police officers Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at the intersection of Henry Street and South Avenue, following a motor vehicle stop. (Submitted Photo)

"Show me your hands, show me your (expletive) hands!" Days says, as Worley approaches the driver's side with what appears to be his gun drawn. The driver puts his hand out of the window and Days appears to attempt to open the passenger side door, as he says "Don't (expletive) move!" repeatedly.

"Get 'em out the car, Rog. We've got a gun in his glove compartment," Days said.

Days reaches through the window and retrieves what appears to be a silver object, removing it from the car.

They continue to tell the men inside the car not to move, and try to open up the front doors of the vehicle.

"I'm telling you, I'm telling you! Keep your (expletive) hands right there. Eh, eh, Jerame, you reach for something, you're going to be (expletive) dead," Days said.

Days shouts, "He's reaching! He's reaching!"

In the passenger seat, Reid, 36, can be heard what sounds like "let me out of the (expletive) car" and seconds later, the passenger side door opens and Days goes backward.

Reid gets out of the car with what appear to be his hands in front his chest.

Both Days and Worley discharge their weapons.

Roughly nine shots are heard between them.

Reid previously spent about 13 years in state prison for shooting at three New Jersey State Police troopers when he was a teenager. Reid was also arrested this summer on charges of obstruction, resisting arrest, possession of narcotics and failure to appear in Millville Municipal Court. Authorities said Days was one of the arresting officers at the time.

The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the use of deadly force in the fatal shooting. An autopsy was conducted the following day, but the results haven't been made public.

The Bridgeton Police Department released the video on Tuesday after an Open Public Records Request made by the South Jersey Times.

Capt. Michael Gaimari, of the Bridgeton Police Department, issued a news release Tuesday afternoon saying, "The Bridgeton Police Department as a law enforcement agency does not, as a routine, consider the posting of any such video as compassionate or professional."

"In absence of the OPRA request this video would not be released to the public out of respect for the family of Jerame Reid, basic human dignity and to protect the constitutional rights of all those involved," Gaimari said.

However, Reid's wife did view the video on Tuesday afternoon as well.

"Since this remains a criminal investigation being conducted by the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office with assistance from the New Jersey State Police the administration of the Bridgeton Police Department will refrain from any further comment other than that it fully supports the officers involved as well as the legal process this incident is subject to."

"It is also important to know that the Bridgeton Police Department policies and procedures regarding the use of force mirror that of the New Jersey Attorney General's Guidelines on the use of force without deviation."

The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office has only said that "during the course of the stop a handgun was revealed and later recovered."

The prosecutor, Jennifer Webb-McRae, recused herself from the investigation last week because she knows Days from the community, according to Cumberland County First Assistant Prosecutor Harold Shapiro who has taken over for her.

In the weeks since the shooting, there have been protests in downtown Bridgeton, demanding answers about the shooting and justice for Reid. During one of the demonstrations, protesters used the phrases "Hands up, Don't shoot" and "No justice, no peace," similar to what was said during racially-charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City.

Days is black, Worley is white and Reid was black. Both officers have been placed on paid administrative leave.

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