Story highlights Arrest warrant issued for LAPD officer on murder charges

Police found an odd clue blocks from a shooting scene -- the officer's abandoned car

(CNN) A Los Angeles police officer wanted on murder charges "should be considered armed and dangerous," according to authorities.

Police in Pomona, California -- about 30 miles east of L.A -- issued an arrest warrant Monday for Henry Solis, an LAPD rookie, in the shooting death of a local man over the weekend.

According to witnesses, shots were fired in the predawn hours Saturday after a struggle between a shooter and a victim before a compact car was seen rushing off.

The victim -- identified as 23-year-old Salome Rodriguez Jr. -- later died at a Los Angeles hospital.

Investigators looking for clues discovered an abandoned car about three blocks away from the scene that belonged to Solis.

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