The video is not clear enough (to me) to see what the passenger was DOING inside the car ... the cop repeatedly commanded him not to move and it SOUNDED like the passenger was not being very co-operative ... but the video is (IMO) inconclusive about anything except the cop shot a passenger
True, he kept telling his partner “he’s reaching”,, I think he was trying to get the jackass to keep his hands up, and maybe then he could get the pistol. But the ex con was planning his attack/escape.
Likely he was facing parole issues if he was arrested in possession of the gun.
The shooting did not occur while the suspect was in the car.