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Officer recovering in a san diego hospital. >> gregs footage makes national news. after the incident, the el cajon police use the video as a training tool. >> it was definitely a life-changing experience to be there and to witness something like this. >> as for officer slocumb, he survives the ordeal and is expected to make a full recovery. coming up -- >> i was kind of outraged and appalled by what i saw. >> the haymaker that had people talking. >> why did you have to hit her? >> shes going t...

As he calls for backup, the cameraman questions the officers use of force. >> why did you have to hit her with a closed fist? you socked this girl. >> yes, i did, sir. >> shes underage. >> i dont care. >> you dont care? >> step back. shes going to fight with me, ill fight with her. >> she didnt put up a fight. >> soon, backup arrives. >> take all the pictures you want, but back up. >> sure, sure. >> but the incident is far from over. the cameraman sells the video to news outlets across the count...

August 22nd, 2011. a sunny afternoon y in el cajon, california, just outside san diego. 23-year-old freelance cameraman greg torkelson is listening to his police scanner. >> if something happens, you know, a shooting, a car crash, a house fire, something like that, i respond to it and i try to get the good shots. >> shortly after 5:00 p.m., greg hears a call about a man brandishing a gun inside a residential home. that man is 32-year-old kevin collier, despondent since his wife alyssa filed for ...

Positions outside when greg arrives. >> i saw officers had their guns drawn. i pulled up on the curb, got my camera out and moments after all hell broke loose. >> collier is shooting at the officers in the street. rookie officer tim mcfarland seen in the foreground uses gregs car for cover. >> i see an officer across the street from me. i zoom in on him and i think im going to get a shot of him with his gun drawn, and i see he has his hands up to his throat and he has blood coming down his hands...

>> a dramatic shootout caught on tape leaves a wounded police officer recovering in a san diego hospital. >> gregs footage makes national news. after the incident, the el cajon police use the video as a training tool. >> it was definitely a life-changing experience to be there and to witness something like this. >> as for officer slocumb, he survives the ordeal and is expected to make a full recovery. coming up -- >> i was kind of outraged and appalled by what i saw. >> the haymaker that had p...

>> the video shows 19-year-old marilyn levias struggling against officer walsh, who tries different wrist holds to get her to comply. things quickly escalate when a second teen, 17-year-old angel rosenthal, jumps in to help her friend. >> get off her! >> a boy in a blue shirt grabs rosenthal, but she breaks free and gets in between officer walsh and her friend, pushing walsh back. >> anytime you put your hands on or assault a uniformed officer, youre going to expect that theres going to be some ...

I should have been there. he thought i was going to be there. >> collier is now holed up in the house. el cajon police have taken up position outside when greg arrives. >> i saw officers had their guns drawn. i pulled up on the curb, got the camera out and moments after all hell broke loose. >> collier is shooting at the officers in the street. rookie officer tim mcfarland seen in the foreground uses gregs car for cover. >> i see an officer across the street from me. i zoom in on him and i think...

Not that he punches her like that. i didnt see that coming at all. >> the punch sends rosenthal sprawling backwards towards the squad car. walsh tries to cuff her, but now levias is on the attack. >> are you serious? are you [ bleep ] serious? >> walsh orders levias to comply. >> get off of me! >> stop resisting. >> no! >> put your hands behind your back. youre under arrest. >> get off of me! get the [ bleep ] off of me! >> hey! >> after a three-minute struggle, officer walsh gets levias cuffed ...

A sunny afternoon in el cajon, california, just outside san diego. 23-year-old freelance cameraman greg torkelson is listening to his police scanner. >> if something happens, you know, a shooting, car crash, a house fire, something like that, i respond to it and i try to get the good shots. >> shortly after 5:00 p.m., greg hears a call about a man brandishing a gun inside a residential home. that man is 32-year-old kevin collier, despondent since his wife alyssa filed for divorce five days earli...

Against officer walsh, who tries different wrist holds to get her to comply. things quickly escalate when a second teen, 17-year-old angel rosenthal, jumps in to help her friend. >> get off her! >> a boy in a blue shirt grabs rosenthal, but she breaks free and gets in between officer walsh and her friend, pushing walsh back. >> anytime you put your hands on or assault a uniformed officer, youre going to expect that theres going to be some force used against you. >> officer walsh attempts to gain...