Seriously, if an outside agency is investigating a shooting, they don’t tell the agency being investigated what the witnesses are saying. That’s what the investigation has to do with your question.
One more thing: the IA investigation will also prompt most chiefs and Sheriff’s to lay off making any detailed public statements because they don’t want to create the perception that they’re trying to dictate the outcome of that investigation.
That bears directly on your question.
What are you talking about?
Nearly a week after this incident, Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department said he had no idea if the passengers versions of events is or is not consistent with the deputy's version.
Do you actually believe this?
Once again, they already released information to the public and then apparently changed their own version of events regarding specifically why the deputy shot the suspect. There are two versions of this, both of which came from OCSD.