WASHINGTON - Bryan Kohberger is seen pushing back at a Washington State University police officer after an October traffic stop in newly released bodycam video made public Thursday evening, giving a new glimpse at the prior life of a suspected quadruple murderer."I think you know why I stopped you," the officer tells Kohberger. "You ran the red light.""What actually happened," Kohberger replies, "is I was stuck in the middle of the intersection.
So I was forced to go to the left.""Yeah I was behind you the whole time," the officer says. "You're not supposed to enter the intersection at all for that reason, because if the light turns red, then you're stuck in the intersection."Kohberger claimed he was unfamiliar with how to drive through crosswalks because he was from a rural part of Pennsylvania."It never even occurred to me that was actually something wrong," Kohberger tells the officer.The officer explains to Kohberger that under Washington state law, drivers can't enter an intersection unless there's enough space for their vehicle on the opposite side.However, he asks her to explain the rules for him, a request that she accommodates.Bodycam footage shared by Washington State University shows accused murder suspect Bryan Kohberger during a traffic stop in October 2022, a month before four students were stabbed to death at nearby University of Idaho. "Can you explain that to me a little bit further," Kohberger, a 28-year-old with a master's degree in criminal justice, says to the officer during the encounter. "So in Pennsylvania, when you're stuck in an intersection, you have to make the left.