New Delhi, June 23 -- A car driver was shot dead by police when he tried to reach for a gun during a confrontation at a Houston traffic stop. The shocking exchange and the ultimate firing in which the alleged miscreant was killed was caught on bodycam camera.

The motorist, identified as Michael Dziedzic, was escaping a fender bender on May 17 for which he was stopped by Houston police at a nearby parking lot. After fleeing the spot of three-car accident on the North Freeway, the driver was shot dead in a face-off.

Houston Police Department in a social media post on Facebook stated, "HPD is releasing body worn camera video of an officer-involved shooting incident at 10718 North Freeway on May 17."

The video opens with two officers appro...