SOUTHWEST FLORIDA - For the first time, WINK News gets an exclusive look inside a Taco Bell the night a manager was shot by a Cape Coral police officer. It happened in February. Police warned employees at the Taco Bell on Hancock Bridge Parkway of a robbery, and they were at the store ready to break up the crime.

They set up inside and out waiting for the suspects. When one came to the back door of the restaurant -- manager Paul Price says he opened the door and was shot.

According to Cape Coral police, the bullet came from one of their own officers -- sent there to protect Price.

Now, Paul Price is suing the city for negligence.

Price's attorney says he'd hoped to settle the case out of court, but with no response from the city, he says the lawsuit is now on its way to Cape Coral city leaders. He's asking for $100,000 for his client.

For the first time, WINK News gets an exclusive view inside the Taco Bell moments after Price was shot

Shot in the stomach -- a security camera inside Taco Bell catches Paul Price's pain on tape.

"I felt my life was going to end I was in so much pain," Price has told WINK News of that night.

He's left with a scar stretching the length of his stomach.

"I just feel cops should have done better job protecting me and obviously this could have been avoided," Price said.

Price's attorney Domenic Valentine hopes newly-released surveillance video helps prove that point.

"You have a knowledge of robbery, you have police on scene and outside the restaurant, you have that place pretty well secured, yet someone is able to gain access and a citizen is very seriously injured," Valentine says. "Now how does that happen absence some form of negligence?"

Surveillance also shows Price walking toward the back door where he was subsequently shot. Price tells WINK News police allowed him to open the door, but police say price opened it on his own. The motion-activated cameras didn't catch what happened, but Valentine says he still has enough to prove police were negligent in protecting Price.

"He has medical bills, future care, missed time off work, and the goal is to compensate him and for his pain and suffering," Valentine says.

The officer who shot Paul Price has been cleared of all charges.

Valentine expects the lawsuit to arrive before city leaders first thing tomorrow morning. The city will then have 20 days to respond.