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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department killed a man earlier this week, mistaking him for an armed assailant. John Winkler, 30, was actually a victim of the assailant.

Winkler worked as a production assistant on Tosh.0, according to the Los Angeles Times. The sheriff's department said in a statement that Winkler and another man were visiting a friend's apartment. The friend's roommate, Alexander McDonald, allegedly took the three hostage at knifepoint. Deputies were called to investigate. The door of the apartment opened and Winkler and another man, who was covered in blood, ran out. Because Winkler was "lunging at the back of the fleeing victim" and "was similar to the description of the suspect and was wearing a black shirt," three deputies fired at him. He was not armed.

"It was a very quick exit from the residence," interim sheriff John Scott told the Los Angeles Times. "The appearance was he was assaulting the individual in the front."

Because of this appearance, Winkler was hit once. The other man, who has not been named, was also hit, even though deputies never mistook him for an assailant.

The latest statement conflicts with the sheriff's department's earlier statement about the incident, which claimed that the other man was not hit. The LASD has not said why it took so long to figure out that its deputies shot two people instead of one. Another deputy told CBS LA that Winkler and the other man "aggressed the deputies."