It's common for police departments to not release details about such things so that they can verify witnesses, suspects, etc. as being truthful or not based on their knowledge of details that were not released to the public.
That's what I've learned by watching every episode of Law and Order 3 times, anyway.
sounds reasonable ......this story is recent(happened friday) ............I keep thinking of the bomb at the football game in OK and MSM silence regarding same