Arrest warrant has been issues for 27-year-old probationary officer Henry Solis, who is suspected of shooting a man after a confrontation late on Sunday night

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An arrest warrant was issued Monday for a Los Angeles policeman suspected of killing a man during a fight in Pomona while he was off duty.



The warrant is for Henry Solis, 27, who should be considered armed and dangerous, according to a statement from Pomona police.

Solis’ Volkswagen Jetta was found on Sunday about four blocks from where the incident occurred, and he may be driving a 1992 brown or tan Ford pickup truck with license plate number 4J79703, police said.

Solis is suspected of shooting Salome Rodriguez, 23, of Ontario, around 3:30am Friday during a fight near Third and Main streets in Pomona, east of Los Angeles. He died at a hospital.

The men had both visited a downtown bar called the Viva Tequila Lounge and Nightclub and got into a confrontation after leaving, Pomona police lieutenant Ronald McDonald told the Los Angeles Times.

Rodriguez worked at a warehouse and was out with co-workers on Thursday night, relatives told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. He also was a missionary with St Vincent Catholic Church in Los Angeles, said his mother, Lidia Angelica Rodriguez.

Solis, who joined the LAPD in June, did not arrive for work after the shooting. He is a probationary officer at the Devonshire Division in the San Fernando Valley.

Solis had undergone “no disciplinary issues” since joining the LAPD, police commander Andrew Smith told the Times.

Rodriguez’s mother urged Solis to give himself up to the authorities. “Why are you running?” she told the Daily Bulletin. “Just turn yourself in. I can’t believe someone with a badge and a gun could do that to him.”

