A desperate foot chase through a sun-baked field turned deadly when Pueblo police used their truck to stop a man waving a gun, and now the raw footage lays it all bare.
The incident unfolded on June 3, 2025, around 1:23 p.m., at the Famous Footwear store on 5765 N. Elizabeth Street in north Pueblo, Colorado. Officers arrived after a call about a shoplifter. That suspect, 36-year-old Antonio Herrera, bolted from the store on foot. He pulled out a black and silver handgun and kept running, even as police shouted at him more than 20 times to drop the weapon.
Herrera dashed across a grassy area behind nearby businesses, heading straight toward the Colorado State Patrol office on Wills Boulevard. Pedestrians stood on the sidewalk nearby, and an occupied car sat in his path. Body camera video captures officers sprinting after him, their voices urgent as they warn each other about the gun. One cop yells that Herrera is aiming for that car, and seconds later, a black police DICE unit truck speeds up from behind. The impact sends Herrera flying, and his handgun tumbles into the dirt.
Right away, the officers rushed to help. They started CPR and other emergency steps, but paramedics could not save him. Herrera died right there on Outlook Boulevard. The Pueblo County coroner later ruled the cause as injuries from the vehicle strike.
Pueblo police dropped the full video compilation on September 24, 2025, through their official YouTube channel. It mixes body cams, dash cams from the truck, and surveillance from the state patrol building. The clip runs just over three minutes, with a calm voice-over explaining each part. Viewers see the chase from multiple angles: Herrera’s figure zigzagging ahead, the truck closing in fast, and the moment of collision. A final frame shows his mugshot next to the recovered gun, a stark reminder of how quickly things escalated. Police added a viewer warning at the start, since the crash looks brutal.
This marks the first time the public gets eyes on the details. No bullets flew in the standoff. Instead, the focus stays on the vehicle’s movement during the pursuit. The 10th Judicial District’s Critical Incident Response Team, run by the Colorado State Patrol, jumped in that day to probe the officer’s choice. The district attorney’s office has not said if the action fits the rules.
Herrera lived in Pueblo, and his family got the news from the coroner two days after. Details on his life before this stay slim, but the shoplifting call kicked off the whole chain. Pueblo PD calls the release a step toward openness, letting folks judge the split-second call for themselves.
The probe rolls on with no fresh word as of October 1, 2025.
