chest and dies at the scene. an internal report says officer stockley entered smith's car to locate the weapon and render it safe. and remove the ammunition from a silver revolver. according to the criminal complaint, forensic analysis revealed that only officer stockley's dna was on the gun he said belonged to smith. officer jason stockley is relieved his duties and charged with first degree murder. >> we all knew what it was when it happened. there couldn't be any doubt about it. i knew that it was murder from the beginning. >> reporter: stockley's murder trial started last month. the key question, whether or not the motorist smith had a gun at the time of the shooting. prosecutors argued that the ex officer may have planted the revolver in the car to justify the shooting. even though multiple cameras captured the incident, the gun was never seen. still in his not guilty ruling, judge timothy wilson said the