What Null said. https://files.xvertigox.com/vertigo-archival/video/minneapolis-ice-shooting-26-01-08.mp4

Slowed down clip showing him very clearly leaning over the hood, just to the side of the car (he's on a patch of ice and his weight leaning on the car causes him to slide), reaching over for the first shot directly through the front windshield, then being able to step back and firing directly into her open windows and eventually shooting into the car that's already in front of him.

If by "in front" you mean "leaning over the side of the hood" then sure.

He may have been technically in front, but he wasn’t in the path of the vehicle or she would have flattened him when her head injury apparently caused her to floor it into the parked car and telephone pole down the street.

Edited spelling.