Body Cam Video Shows Deadly Police Shooting After Search For Elgin Couple's Kidnapper

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Dramatic body cam video released Friday night shows a deadly police shooting the night officers went looking for an Elgin couple who said they had been carjacked, kidnapped and brought to Chicago.

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The video is disturbing.

The footage, released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows the end of that search inside an apartment near Grand and Melvina.

On July 8 an officer fired several shots, killing 41-year-old Luis Vasquez after he appears to reach for a weapon from the couch.

From another angle an object police say was a gun can be seen on the  ground.

(Credit: COPA)

It turns out it wasn't a random kidnapping.

Everyone involved knew each other.

The officer is on administrative leave.

COPA's investigation is still underway.

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