I agree. The officer was nearly knocked senseless; his eye was probably out of commission and his firearm had just discharged in his car after a struggle.
I always wear hearing protection when shooting at the range. But a couple of years ago; I shot a 32 caliber handgun without my muffs on. I couldn't believe how loud it was. Given that a 9mm cartridge uses over twice the amount of powder; I would think that the noise in a car would have temporarily deafened the officer as well.
How many ways can an aggressive thug who thinks he is invincible basically demand to be shot in the head? They thought they had won the confrontation when the officer came back for more, the brute decided to try and finish the job. It is a waste... if he wasn't about 60 pounds over weight and probably a school dropout, the marines might have been able to turn the piece of excrement into a worthwhile human being. We will never know now because he threw his life away.
gangs helped him do that. If the family wants to blame someone for the death of their son, blame the gangs.