A Mega Agency contributor, photographer Toby Canham, shooting the LA anti-ICE riots on assignment for the New York Post has been shot in the head with a rubber bullet and he caught the terrifying moment on camera.
Canham, who was standing just off the 101 Freeway at an elevated level, was filming video of the chaos between cops and rioters when a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer suddenly turned his weapon toward him and fired from about 100 yards away. Canham, 59, who was wearing his press pass, was struck in the forehead and quickly fell to the ground, according to the disturbing footage he captured. [view the footage from the NY Post report]“F–k, f–k, I just got shot in the head!” the dad of two can be heard screaming from behind the camera. The veteran photographer, who served in the British Army and is based out of LA, spent Monday at the hospital for whiplash and neck pain. He was left with a giant bruise on his forehead. “When I got whacked, to my best recollection it was just me filming with my cameras on and then I got shot,” said Canham. “Where I was hit, I was the only person overlooking the freeway. I wasn’t surrounded so I was an easy target”. Before he was hit with the rubber bullet, a flash-bang initially exploded a few feet from him, causing shrapnel to kick up and leave two holes in his pants.
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