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WEBVTT YOU CAN TIME OUT TONIGHT’S RAIN WITH AN HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST TAILORED TO YOUR AREA. BRIAN: NEW TONIGHT, SACRAMENTO POLICE HAVE RELEASED VIDEO OF AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE OF A POLICE OFFICER. THE OFFICER’S BODY CAMERA FELL OFF. BUT YOU CAN HEAR THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE HIM AND A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN >> DROP IT, DROP THE GUN, YES -- GUN >> YES I WILL. BRIAN: POLICE SAY THE OFFICER TRIED TO STOP THE MAN EARLY SUNDAY ALONG SEAVEY CIRCLE FOR AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION. HE RAN, THE OFFICER CHASED HIM. IN THE VIDEO, YOU CAN HEAR THE CLICK OF THE TRIGGER BEING PULLED AND THE MAN SAYS HE IS GOING TO SHOOT THE OFFICER. THE OFFICER TASED HIM AND THEY FOUGHT OVER THE SUSPECT’S GUN UNTIL BACKUP ARRIVED 33-YEAR-OLD ARTAVIOUS COLEMAN WAS ARRESTED. THEY SAY HE HAS A WARRANT FROM OUT OF STATE, FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFE

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A man was arrested after running from an officer and attempting to shoot him during a “violent fight,” the Sacramento Police Department said Tuesday.Artavious Coleman, 33, was arrested early Sunday morning after more officers arrived at the scene and took the pistol away from the suspect, police said.The incident began around 2 a.m. near Vallejo Way and 5th Street. The officer ran a license-plate check on a vehicle and learned the registration had expired in March 2016. Police said the officer then tried to pull Coleman over, but he didn’t stop immediately.After the officer used his sirens multiple times to make Coleman pull over, Coleman parked on Seavey Circle, jumped out of the vehicle and ran from the area, police said. The officer ran after him.During the chase, the officer radioed in that he was chasing a suspect. The officer then lost sight of Coleman and began searching the area, police said.The officer eventually found Coleman hiding and gave him commands, police said. He was cooperative at first but then ran away again.The officer was able to catch up with Coleman again and tackled him to the ground, police said."While on the ground, the suspect was combative, resistive and attempted to run away again,” police said in a news release.Coleman was then able to get on his feet again. Police said the officer got on his feet, stood about five feet away, took out his conducted energy device and, while pointing at Coleman, said he was going to be “tased.” “At this point, the officer heard a clicking sound and the suspect stated that he was going to ‘shoot’ the officer. The officer immediately discharged his CED at the suspect,” police said.Coleman then fell to the ground, police said. The officer went up to Coleman to detain him when he felt a gun in Coleman’s hand.“At that time, the officer realized that the clicking sound he had just heard was the sound of the trigger of a handgun being pulled by the suspect who had also stated that he was going to ‘shoot’ the officer,” police said.The officer and Coleman then began fighting over the gun, police said. During the struggle, the officer told Coleman to “drop the gun” numerous times. However, Coleman maintained his grip on the gun.“During the struggle for the gun, the suspect bit the officer on the wrist that was restraining the firearm,” police said. “This violent fight, including the struggle over the suspect’s firearm, lasted for approximately a minute and a half until additional officers arrived.”After the arriving officers got hold of the gun, they took Coleman into custody, police said. The gun was a Lorcin Model L380 .380 caliber pistol, which had multiple rounds in the magazine and none in the chamber.The officer suffered minor injuries during the fight.Police said a records check found that Coleman had a felony arrest warrant from another state for failing to register as a sex offender.Coleman was booked into Sacramento County Jail on charges of attempted homicide of a peace officer, felony resisting arrest, possession of a gun by a felon, convicted person with a concealed firearm and failing to register as a sex offender.On Tuesday, Sacramento police released three body camera videos and one dashcam video of the incident. During the fight, the involved officer’s body camera video fell off, but it was still able to record audio of the incident.“The release of this material is done at the discretion of the Chief of Police to inform our community on the complex, difficult and dangerous job of our police officers,” police said. “This incident does not fall under the City Council policy on Police Use of Force.”