Check this out!
When you see the gun come out of the car you can hear a “click”. The guy stuck a loaded gun in the cops face and pulled the trigger – the hammer fell on an empty chamber- the cop moved back and the guy fired a round and missed the cop - the cop emptied his gun and killed the guy.
Resolution is good enough to blow it up into fullscreen. Good job, officer!
Holy shit! I don’t know what to say other than the officer is really lucky to be alive. That was nuts!
Wow stands there talking to the guy before he tries to open up on him.
I wonder the guy was thinking?
Wow.
Very well handled by the officer. Is there a whole news story to go with this?
By the way, here is another scary incident. You can’t see it, but the man attacking the officer bit his eyebrow clean off and was going to kill him.
Warning: Pretty intense video below.
With your user name I figured you’d understand. 
The first link of the most popular news stories feed on the right has the story.
Guy has too much to drink and now he’s dead. Real smooth, buddy.
Full News Article about the situation in the OP
Here is a quote about the office and the situation from the relevant news article:
Wow, the cop killed him through the rear window of the vehicle.
hi5!
On the tab right above the video marked “story”.
Wow, the usual suspects are slow today. I fully expected to hear the “Ohhhh, but the guy was driving away! He was no longer a threat! This cop is a murderer!” bullshit by now.
Well, on youtube perhaps, but on the Dope?
By the way, I notice a 6 person jury had to rule on this situation. Is this common? Obviously, they unanimously agreed that shooting back was the right move.
When I started the thread, I kind of expected that reaction from some of the Dopers. There isn’t any ambiguity in my mind on this one. You use deadly force against an officer in order to evade arrest you’re going to get it back.
After watching it again, I couldn’t help but laugh when the officer is breathlessly calling in the situation on the radio (and at this point he doesn’t know the fate of the driver) after emptying his pistol and as you follow the taillights of the fleeing vehicle then you see that white, electric “pop” and hear the vehicle crash and the officer’s all “…and suspect just crashed into a utility pole…”
That is one lucky cop. If that hadn’t been an empty round in the first chamber, he’d be dead now.
It’s always amusing when, in the absence of “usual suspects,” someone feels the need to lament the absence of “usual suspects.”
I guess you’re just a “usual suspect” of a different sort.
I fail to see the humor. I’m sure the officer was terrified.
I’m sure he was, as anyone would have been. I didn’t mean “har-har” slap a knee laughter…more of a wry grin and chuckle sort…
I think if you fire upon an officer you can pretty much expect to be dead. I’m not happy that the man died, I don’t think it’s cause for celebration or anything, but I don’t doubt for a second the officer did the right thing.
I just watched the video, and that was crazy. It just came out of nowhere. It’s amazing reading the officer’s account of what happened and then watching it happen – so many thoughts and decisions to make in just seconds.
I feel bad for the cop though. I essentially agree with Mahaloth–the cop was terrified and he killed someone in self-defense, and no matter how justified that killing, it’s probably going to stay with him for a long time. I doubt he feels much like celebrating.
Right, I mean, if a guy is drunk with a gun and shoots an officer(tries to, anyway), this man is clearly a danger to society.
You can really see the shock and terror on the cops face in the other shooting I posted a video to. One officer keeps saying to him, “Are you OK?”
The officer says, “I don’t know.”
Ok, that one actually made me tear up a little bit.