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Tonight. crouching behind collier's white pickup truck, officer slocum clutches his neck, a reflex action doctors would later say caused by the head injury. as he provides cover, the wounded officer tries to run across the street. but slocumb veers to the right losing balance and collapsing into a chain link fence. mcfarland, knowing every second counts, runs across the street to get to his partner, putting himself directly in the cross hairs of collier's rifle. >> it's a chance i've got to take. >> he must holster his gun in order to pick up the officer, leaving himself defenseless. >> he d...

Intimidated. he was nice to my parents, but he was also really glad when they weren't around. [laughter] i don't mind that, but more than anything he made me laugh. some of you might not know this, but i am the granddaughter of a welsh coalminer. [applause] he was determined -- he was determined that his kids get out of the mines. my dad got his first job when he was 6 years old in a little village in wales, cleaning bottles at the collier's arms. when he was 15, dad came to america. in our country, he saw hope and an opportunity to escape from poverty. he moved to a small town in the great st...

>> slocum needs immediate medical attention. the officers are on the side of the dead end with no outlet. police decide it's too risky for ems to cross in front of collier's home with the shooter still active. as slocumb moans in pain, one of the residents who helped carry him to safety, david lemke, officers a prayer. >> dear heavenly father, please bless this man. heal him. please god, please. help this man. i ask in your name, jesus, amen. >> mcfarland, too, does his best to reassure his partner. >> we've got people on the way for you, jared. we've got medics on the way. medics are on the w...

White pickup truck, officer slocum clutches his neck, a reflex action doctors would later say was caused by the head injury. as he provides cover, the wounded officer tries to run across the street. but slocumb veers to the right losing balance and collapsing into a chain link fence. mcfarland, knowing every second counts, runs across the street to get to his partner, putting himself directly in the crosshairs of collier's rifle. >> i might get shot, but it's a chance i got to take. >> mcfarland must holster his gun to pick up slocum, leaving the rookie officer defenseless. >> he proceeded to ...

Positions outside when greg arrives. >> i saw officers had their guns drawn. i pulled up on the curb and got my camera out, and just moments after all hell broke loose. >> collier is shooting at the officers in the street. rookie officer tim mcfarland in the foreground uses greg's car for cover. >> i see an officer across the street from me. i zoom in on him and i think i'm going to get him with his gun drawn, and i see he has his hands up to his throat and he has blood coming down his hands. >> it's mcfarland's partner veteran officer jared slocum, and he's been shot in the left temple. the b...