Of course there is, face a person and turn your head, as if your going to turn around quickly. I could see a bullet hitting someone behind the ear quite easily if their head is turned, no?
I’m just going by what was written as the cop’s story of how it happened.
The perp had been shot at once. Cop missed. Perp ran and jumped a fence, got up and faced the cop and was shot behind the ear.
It sounds more plausible that the perp was running away for the 2nd time after jumping the fence when he was shot.