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"John Winkler, 30, was killed on Monday, April 7, after being mistakenly identified as a crime suspect. The Los Angeles man, who had worked as a temporary production assistant on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0, died after sustaining gunshot wounds. He was shot by L.A. County Sheriff&amp;apos;s deputies responding to a crime scene.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nAccording to the Los Angeles Times, there was a hostage situation at Winkler&amp;apos;s neighbor&amp;apos;s apartment in West Hollywood. He reportedly got involved when he tried to help and was held in the home by the suspect with his neighbor and a third victim. When Winkler escaped from the apartment, responders mistook him for the suspect.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Believing Winkler was the assailant and the assault was ongoing and he would attack the entry team, three deputies fired their duty weapons at him,&amp;quot; a statement from the Los Angeles Sheriff&amp;apos;s Department read.&amp;#xA0;\r\nWinkler had moved to L.A. six months prior to pursue his dreams of working in the entertainment industry. He reportedly studied at the Seattle Film School and was described as &amp;quot;a genuinely nice guy.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I have no doubt the entire Sheriff&amp;#x2019;s Department mourns the death of John Winkler, none more than the deputies involved,&amp;quot; Interim Sheriff John Scott said at a news conference.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe current suspect in the hostage situation, Alexander Tor McDonald, is in police custody on $4 million bail. The two other victims were hospitalized for stab wounds from the suspect, and one of the men was treated for a gunshot wound after the deputies fired.&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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