Video Shows Chicago Officer Shooting Subway Rider in Back (+Video)

The Chicago Transit Authority clip was one of a dozen new videos released by the city's Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which is investigating the response of two Chicago police officers involved in the February 28 confrontation, NBCNews reported.

The footage shows 33-year-old Ariel Roman near the top of a train station escalator when he is struck in the back and falls forward. Cellphone video of the confrontation circulated previously showed him being shot in the abdomen before bolting up the escalator, where he's shot a second time.

He was also subject to Taser shocks and pepper spray.

Roman survived but has undergone numerous surgeries, his attorney, Andrew M. Stroth, said. The short-order cook is suing the city.

The officers in Roman’s case have been stripped of their police powers pending the outcome of an investigation. They could face criminal charges if the shooting is deemed unjustified.

The Chicago Police Department is in the midst of reform under a federal consent decree sparked after the 2015 incident in which a white police officer fatally shot Laquan McDonald, a black teen.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability also released police documents, emergency radio traffic audio and responding officers' body camera imagery.

Those released items indicate that the incident started when an officer confronted Roman about moving between cars in motion. Two officers tackled the 33-year-old and struggled in an attempt to get his hands in a position to be cuffed.

Audio from witness cellphone video appears to capture the rider say, "I didn’t do nothin' to you guys. I didn’t do nothin' to you guys."

A male officer appears to say, "Stop resisting." He also appears to encourage his partner to "shoot 'em" multiple times as they struggle with Roman on the ground.