Video shows suspect Bryan Kohberger talk his way out of a traffic ticket weeks before the Idaho murders

• A new video shows the Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger trying to evade a red light ticket. 
• The video was taken around one month before four University of Idaho students were found dead.
• Kohberger is seen debating with WSU police in the video. He was eventually let go with a warning.

A video, first obtained by Fox News, shows Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger debating with a Washington State University police officer after she said he ran a red light.

The traffic stop occurred on October 14, 2022, a month before four University of Idaho students — Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves — were found stabbed to death in their home close to campus.

In the almost 6-minute-long bodycam footage, Kohberger is seen sitting in his white Hyundai Sedan as a police officer approaches him.

"I think you know why I stopped you. You ran the red light," the officer says in the video.

Kohberger replies calmly: "What actually happened 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 continues to debate with the officer, who tells him that under Washington law, drivers are not allowed to enter an intersection unless there's enough space for vehicles on either side.

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He says that he is not familiar with Washington state laws because he is from Pennsylvania. After checking his license, the police officer eventually lets him go with a warning. 

"I apologize if I was asking too many questions about the law," Kohberger tells the officer towards the end of the video.

WSU Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. 

Kohberger is facing four counts of first-degree murder and one felony burglary count in connection to the quadruple homicide. 

Investigators said the video helped them establish that Kohberger drove a white Hyundai, which had been spotted near the students' home, Fox News reported. 

At the time of the video, Kohberger was a PhD student and teaching assistant in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at WSU.

He lived just miles from the crime scene, and was connected to the killings through DNA and his car, officials previously told CNN.