Lets face it, this was one of those "darned if you do, darned if you don't" situations for fox and all the other news outlets.
Lots of us would be grumbling if they weren't saying anything until absolutely confirmed.
Just a good lesoon for some and a good refresher course for others that already know better: The media is going to hype whatever they cover, especially breaking news of violence, and that none of the news writers, the "talking heads" and 99% of your average "witnesses" know anywhere near as much about esoteric things like weapons, explosives, or military type matters as many of us here do.
Here's another news flash for the racism police: White guys can't jump! Except from airplanes of course. Black guys aren't crazy enought to jump from perfectly good aircraft.