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Newly-released footage from the body camera worn by a Farmington police officer who was shot and wounded Friday night illustrates how quickly a peace officer’s job can potentially become deadly.

The camera captured video of a man police identified as an inmate who had escaped from a Colorado jail pulling a gun on the officer and firing at him at point blank range.

The Farmington Police Department on the night of Jan. 11 released video footage captured by Officer Joseph Barreto’s body camera from the night of Jan 7.

Elias Buck, 22, of Durango, Colorado, is wanted by law enforcement for a felony count of aggravated battery on a police officer.