More information needed. If the reports of the officer's injuries and hospital treatment are accurate, there was some type of struggle. The officer needs to play the PR game too and release information that shows the other side.
4 of the 6 shots hit him in the arm apparently, which explains why he kept coming, forcing the cop to take the 2 head shots to stop his advance. The shot to the top of his head was probably the last shot and hit the top of his head because he was on the way down from the first head shot when it hit.
No. The officer needs to STFU a d let his lawyer do his job.
The battlefield is bing shaped by opposing counsel, the media and the DOJ. The officer is being convicted by the Governor and the Feds and the court will not be impartial to the ravening mob. Release of a medical report and pictures, assuming they show significant injury, would at least get the story out. Justice is not blind and the officer is close to dead man walking and a judge will do it to him playing to the mob.