It may very well be true, but why is there not a name attached to the information. Usually such things are identified by a police spokesperson and a quite is cited.
Isn't it unusual for LE to speak about such things since the potential jury is listening? I find this odd.
Sloppy journalism. Either they made it up or they forgot to cite the SDPD spokesperson.
It would be fun to email them and complain about this and see if they give us a name/date/time for the interviewed spokesperson.
Wanna FREEP?!