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LAPD officer sought in Pomona killing

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Police are looking for probationary LAPD officer Henry Solis in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Pomona nightclub Friday morning. He did not show up for work Saturday at the LAPD's Devonshire division. His car has been found in Pomona, and police want to talk to Solis as a "person of interest" in the shooting. He graduated the police academy and started working in the field last year.

The dead man has been identified as Salome Rodriguez Jr., 23, of Ontario. Both he and Solis had patronized the Vive Tequila Lounge and Nightclub in downtown Pomona on the night of the shooting.


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