BART officials released bodycam of a shooting that left a woman injured in the parking lot

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BART officials released new body camera video Friday of a police shooting that left a woman injured in the parking lot of the Union City station.

The Nov. 18 shooting happened around 9 p.m. after BART police officers stopped a 32-year-old woman following a report about reckless driving.

The footage starts with the officer, identified as Nicholas Poblete, telling the woman they received reports of someone doing donuts in a vehicle that matched the description of hers. The two go back-and-forth a bit, as she explains she doesn't know how to do donuts and says she is "not that good at driving." During this time, officers run the license plate of her black sedan and learn that her registration had expired.

After saying goodbye, Poblete walks back to her car to ask questions about the expired vehicle registration.

"My dispatcher informed us that your license is out of registration, I do have to address that," he said in the bodycam video.

From there, their exchange lasts for about eight minutes, in which officers repeatedly asked her questions about her car insurance, vehicle registration and driver's license and she deflects. BART officials say the woman "displayed erratic behavior" during questioning. As tension escalates, the woman also did not comply with multiple commands to hand over her car keys and exit her car.

Next, the video shows the woman grabbing her license back from the officer. Officer Poblete then reaches inside her car, as the woman screams, asking him to stop. He continues to ask her to get out of the vehicle, saying, "I am going to pepper spray you." After more back and forth, she rolls up the window and begins to drive away. That's when Poblete fired three shots, according to the statement.

The 32-year-old was wounded in the upper torso from the gunfire that struck her.

"You were dragging us from the car," one officer says, as another officer retrieved a medical kit. Officials said she was treated in a nearby hospital and later discharged.

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