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You might want to start by reading the story before you try and dismantle it. A few paragraphs later:

Rather, Lee and Momeni were portrayed by police as being familiar with one another. In the wee hours of April 4, they were purportedly driving together through downtown San Francisco in a car registered to the suspect.

I'd love a link to the SFPD statement if you have it (I cannot find it)

Journalists don't always work off of public statements.

"In the wee hours of April 4, they were purportedly driving together through downtown San Francisco in a car registered to the suspect."

This is from "multiple police sources" from the article.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35555859.