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This interpretation is inconsistent with what we know from the other videos. Keep in mind that you are seeing this from his cellphone. It's not a bodycam. It's in his hand and not tracking his body perfectly.
There is another video from the front of the car where you can see that he was walking across the vehicle and then clearly stops in front of her. We also know from multiple other videos that he does not go down. What it looks like, but it's not clear, is that his upper body somehow ends up leaning on the hood of the car.
You can't tell from this video that he stops in front of the car because the phone kept moving even though his body stopped, but it's absolutely clear from the other videos that he stopped and turned and faced her. It's also still not clear whether he was hit because we already knew that he stretched out his left hand (which must be holding the phone since the gun was in his right hand) and placed it on the hood of the car. I don't know how this confirms anything other than the fact that the hand holding the cellphone hit the car.
Yes, but keep in mind that at that point, he's still walking briskly across the front of the car. Had he continued, he would have been well clear of it by the time she finished backing up. So while she probably noticed him walking across the car, she wouldn't have known he had stopped until she looks up the second time and starts driving forward.
We can clearly see that he did do that from the other videos. This video doesn't show the shooting itself. All three shots were taken when the camera was facing the sky.
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