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The Napa County District Attorney’s Office released surveillance video on Wednesday from a shooting by an American Canyon police officer in Vallejo in January which shows the officer shoot a fleeing suspect in the back as he appears to be throwing his guns away.The video shows Coleman running after the suspect, later identified as 18-year-old Demarea Vaughn Rogers III. Rogers appears to throw one gun away. As he chased Rogers, Coleman said, “drop the gun or I’ll shoot you.” Just as Coleman fired twice, another gun appeared to fly from Rogers’ hand into a front yard.The Jan. 11 shooting happened after an officer attempted to pull over a car for a vehicle code violation in the area of state Highway 29 and American Canyon Road at about 3:15 p.m., according to a statement by American Canyon police.