It's rare for a news story to reach a level of fiction, the sort of story that I hear and say, if this were a book, I'd still think it was unbelievable plot.

Well, the story of the LA police officer, fired for prior lying, involves him shooting a basketball coach who was daughter of the former cop who represented him and then shooting another police officer.

Now he's on the run and the media is abuzz with the story. Press conferences are held, cable news is interrupted and then the story leads most broadcasts. He has participated, they say, with his Facebook manifesto.

Wild stuff. Seems more like a Michael Connelly story and a Harry Bosch case.