Yikes! Gun Battle Breaks Out During TV Reporter's Live Shot

This reporter for a San Diego television station has to quickly
switch gears when a gunfight between a man and police 
erupted nearby. 
Jeff McAdam, a reporter for Fox 5 in San Diego was giving a live report about the cancelation of this year's Comic-Con when off screen, gunfire rang out.  

He gamely tried to carry on with his report, and suddenly realized there was a much bigger story unfolding nearby. 

McAdam's cameraman panned over to show a man ducking behind his car, exchanging gunfire with police. 

I give props to McAdam for staying calm and shifting gears on this new, breaking story.  It went like this.  ".....every year during the Comic-Con, um, there's something going on. We've got an officer-involved shooting.  Excuse me if we can come back out live, there's a shooting going on right now between an officer and a car they just pulled over."

McAdam's tone of voice did not change during this. Seemed as benign as if he were still talking about Comic-Con. Pretty cool though, that a new story fell right into the reporter's lap. 

You can tell there was some reluctance to continue filming, in case something really awful happened. He assured the anchors back at the desk they were safe. In the end the man, age 29, surrendered and was taken into custody. 

As McAdam later reported::

"Harbor police said an officer stopped the driver at 5th Avenue and Harbor Drive for a traffic violation. The officer thought the driver may be impaired and asked him to get out of the car for an evaluation. When the driver got out, he opened fire on the officer, and the officer returned fire."

Miraculously, nobody was injured. A man who was nearby was struck by a bullet, but something in the man's pocket prevented the bullet from penetrating his skin. 

 Here's the video:


 

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