Amazing video, thanks for posting that. That is a classic case of tunnel vision by the involved officers. Thank God for officer #3 reacting to the shooter getting out of the car, or else the shooter would have had the tactical advantage and probably killed the 3 officers. All things considered, it was a good day for the cops involved. Getting shot 3 times with a .45 must suck, but at least officer #1 is alive to talk about it. Officer #1 did a good job of immediately putting rounds at the shooter while officers 2 and 3 obtained cover. Officers 2 and 3 reacted well and immediately got behind cover. I couldn't see which of those officers eventually put rounds on target and took the shooter down, but great job by whomever it was. Officer #1 did a great job getting to cover after he had been shot. Those couple rounds fired into the ground are debatable from a tactical perspective. I would argue that the rounds were fired safely (into the ground) and appeared to do a good job of suppressing the shooter from returning fire, therefore they were great shots.
I am not criticizing the officers, but providing suggestions based upon this incident. I wasn't there and probably would have crapped my pants prior to getting killed if I was there. That being said;
Officer #1 is the "contact officer" and he did the right thing by approaching the first subject that came into his line of sight and attempting to control him.
Officer #2 is the "cover officer" and responsible for securing the scene and watching for additional threats.
Officer #3 is the "arrest officer" whose job it is to help take the first suspect into custody.
Officer 2 and 3 were interchangable in this situation. One of the two should have helped with the arrest while the other secured the scene. A breakdown occurred, but honestly things happened so fast their really wasn't much time to scan the entire area and deal with the shooter anyways.
Obviously none of the officers saw the guy in the car. I can tell you that with window tint, shade and sun reflections it can be hard to see inside vehicles. I would hope that some type of surveillance was being done on the house as they were preparing to hit it. I would like an officer to be down the street with a clear view of the target. This surveillance officer could have easily relayed information that a subject just entered the car. I would like to see more than 3 officers to hit a house with a search warrant. This incident went bad because of lack of preparation moreso than improper tactics once on scene.
Just to make things even more frightening, imagine if this was a "routine" police call and a single officer approached the house.