*Graphic* Officer Shot In the Head During Shootout

Published on Sep 27, 2013

Viideo shows EL CAJON – An officer is shot right in front of a news camera. The entire event is caught on camera including shots fired, officer rescue, SWAT standoff, house fire, helicopter water drops, and more. The suspect, Kevin Collier, shot his 1-year old daughter, his mother-in-law and then police showed up (SDNV too).

Upon arriving, officers were met with gunfire from the suspect who had a rifle. Officer Jared Slocum was leaning over the bed of a pickup truck with only his head exposed. He was struck in the left temple and it exited the rear of his skull. He was NOT shot in the neck, as it appears and was initially perceived. The suspect then set the house on fire, before shooting himself.

The fire department could not approach because officers could not confirm if the suspect was dead or not. Firefighters are not going to walk up to a home with the possibility of a man inside with a rifle. Officers requested Mercy Air for transport, but instead took the wounded officer by ground in a patrol car as it would be much quicker. This was on a dead-end street, so the rescue of having to pass the line of fire was very risky. A gas line explodes at one point (bluish smoke). SWAT set up and work with the fire department to help slow the rate of spread.

Two helicopters begin water drops, which I have never seen before on a structure, only brush fires. Officer Slocum is doing well, but has decided to “medically retire” from the El Cajon Police Department, move, and go back to college. The officer who was with him, Officer Tim McFarland, was a rookie at the time and was being trained by Slocum. So if anyone wants to badmouth him, keep in mind he was still learning the ropes and in my opinion did everything right. Officer Slocum’s wound, although severe due to the location, had very very little blood loss. So for those appauled that none of us applied pressure, quite frankly it wasn’t neccessary and he was capable of doing it himself. The bigger threat was the active shooter vs only a few officers. And for all you anti-cop commenters, keep in mind, officers are still people with families. The men and women in this video are excellent officers. Especially Slocum and McFarland.

Some important points:

* The officer was shot in the left temple, not the neck. Period. I was there. I shot the video. It looks like he was shot in the neck, but he was in shock and holding the wrong area. You can see the exit wound in the back of his head in the video. See the followup interview with both officers if you still don’t believe he was shot in the temple.
* The officer was actually shot 1/2 second before the video begins. Enable HD and pause the first few frames. You see him getting up from the chain link fence. He was thrown back from the force of the shot and kind of bounced off the springy fence. He then gets up and returns fire.
* This is not fake. Google “Jared Slocum” “Tim McFarland” “Prince St” etc and you will find that every major media agency in the world ran this story. To fake such a video would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
* The suspect lit the house on fire, then shot himself. Police did not burn the house down.

“Slocum, 28, said the bullet pierced his left temple, cracked his skull, severed arteries and came out behind his other ear. He said his doctors said his recovery so far is a miracle.”

El Cajon Police Chief Pat Sprecco said “That’ll be used as a training tool for a long time”, referring to the footage.01

FOLLOWUP INTERVIEW WITH THE OFFICERS MONTHS LATER: