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Police in Utah killed a 25-year-old during a traffic stop this month after he refused to obey commands and an officer said he had a gun, body camera video released Wednesday reveals.

Video presented to reporters by Farmington Police Chief Eric Johnsen — who called the incident "a tragic ending to what started out as an everyday traffic stop" — shows five officers' fatal shooting of Chase Allan on March 1 after an officer pulled Allan over for what authorities said was an illegitimate license plate.

The video was a compilation pulled from the five officers' body cameras and the dashboard camera of the officer who pulled Allan over. It was also interspersed with brief written summaries of what police claimed happened.

The day after the deadly shooting, Farmington police said in a statement that "the driver became non-compliant with the initial officer."

The initial announcement did not mention that the officers started shooting after one yelled “gun!” and that a gun was later found on the floor of Allan’s car, as the newly released video shows.

The five officers have been placed on administrative leave under department policy during an investigation by the Davis County Critical Incident Protocol Team, which is made up of a variety of investigators.

Johnsen conceded Wednesday that the video "is only one piece of information in the incident and the only information available to us at the moment."