Ray Tensing accused of killing Samuel DuBose involved in another case in 2014

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Ray Tensing, 25, was filmed pulling over two men in May last year
Asks to see passenger's ID, who refuses, sparking argument
Tensing refuses to answer questions and is called 'incompetent' in stop
After supervisor intervenes, the two men are allowed to go
Tensing shot and killed unarmed driver Samuel DuBose this week in Cincinnati, Ohio - and is now facing murder charges

Published: 20:03 EST, 31 July 2015 | Updated: 00:28 EST, 1 August 2015

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This is the moment Cincinnati campus cop Ray Tensing was caught up in a heated traffic stop a year before he allegedly murdered a driver he had pulled over.

Tensing, 25, is seen arguing with two men in a he car pulled over last May. They accuse him of harassing them, breaching their rights and being generally 'incompetent'.

The officer, who worked for the University of Cincinnati campus force, argues with the men over IDs and whether he has the right to detain them, before a supervisor intervenes and lets the men go.

Exchange: Video has emerged of killer cop Ray Tensing, above, stopping two men in May 2014 in a heated exchange where a man refuses to show him ID

'Incompetent': Demetrius Pace, pictured, filmed the heated exchange, in which he argued that he did not have to provide any personal information to Tensing

Ray Tensing has heated traffic stop a year before shooting

Footage of the stoppage, taken by passenger Demetrius Pace, gives an insight into the policing style of Tensing, who rose to notoriety this week after shooting unarmed Samuel DuBose in the head during another traffic stop.

Tensing has since been indicted for murder over the stop, which shows him speaking with DuBose, 43, after pulling him over about a license plate.

Not long into the encounter, the two argue over a driver's license, which DuBose says he does not have with him. He later gets agitated and turns the ignition key in his car.

Charged: Tensing is pictured above in court after he was accused of murdering Samuel DuBose, the man he shot in the head during a traffic stop

Deadly encounter: Footage from Tensing's body camera shows the moment before he shot DuBose, who is seen inside a car

After: Footage showed Tensing running down the street to chase the car, which sped down the road after he shot DuBose in the head

After a struggle over the vehicle's door, Tensing draws his weapon, reaches in and shoots DuBose once in the head, killing him.

The campus police department fired him as soon as the charges were filed, prompting Tensing to immediately demand his job back.

The older footage, which Pace uploaded to YouTube, shows Tensing stopping him and his friend Sexton Henley over a dragging bumper plate.

It devolves into bickering after Tensing asks Pace to identify himself, and he refuses.

Under Ohio law, people only have to identify themselves to police if the officer suspects them of a criminal offense or thinks they witnesses a felony - neither of which apply in a traffic stop.

Killed: Samuel DuBose, 43, was pulled over for a missing license plate

During the exchange, Pace tells Tensing: 'I’m just trying to go to the ATM to get some money out and y’all just pulled me over for some bulls**t.'

When asked to explain himself, Tensing does not answer the pair, who instead ask him to call his supervisor.

He also doesn't tell them his name when asked, and will only say the pair are 'being detained'.

At one point in the video, Henley tells Tensing: 'Don’t hold me against my own will for nothing!'

After his supervisor arrives, Tensing stops speaking. The stop ends after the senior officer says that their vehicle doesn't match any recently-recorded accidents, and lets the pair go.

Pace later told local news station WCPO: 'I felt like through the whole encounter, I shouldn't have even been questioned. He should have dealt specifically with the driver'.

Tensing has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge and another of voluntary manslaughter for this week's killing.

He paid a $100,000 bond and was allowed out of jail on Thursday. Two other officers who came to the scene of the shooting were interviewed but not indicted over the killing.

The Hamilton County coroner's office on Friday released preliminary autopsy findings for DuBose, which found that he died from a single gunshot wound to his left temple. No bullet was recovered.