Our presence here is to be low-key, especially inside the funeral home. This is not about us. This is not a police operation. It's a funeral for a fallen soldier. |
The officer approached the residence and was met by an armed gunman. The officer fired on him and struck that man. |
We're not looking at anything connected. We're not looking at gang problems. We're not looking at retaliation issues. We're looking at all separate incidents. |
We've tried to run down as many people as we can. We've processed the scene as we would if it were a homicide, so that if it does turn out that it was a homicide ... we've not lost anything. |