So now the narrative becomes ‘black man unfairly persecuted by white folks for shooting police while he was really shooting at somebody else’.
This can be a really sinister story.
Was he attempting to shoot anti-police protesters in an attempt to ratchet up another wave of riots? Making it appear, at least initially, that police were shooting protesters?
If so, we're talking old-style KGB type tactics. It would indicate that someone, or some organization, is coordinating activities behind the scenes.
Since the original, "It was a White agitator trying to make Blacks look bad" fantasy won't fly anymore, they have to change the story line to make the "White, racist oppressors of this budding paragon of society" keep the proper placemtn of god guys/bad guys...