That's one of the things that makes this story weird. I was watching this unfold on 3 different network streams, KTLA, MSNBC, and CNN for the first 3 hours and reading updates on numerous websites at the same time and the entire time it was "3 white males heavily armed, in body armor and camo". There was even a story published about an hour in that "the Sheriff's department has confirmed there are 3 shooters". There was a story at the start about an "erratic" Middle Eastern man, but they couldn't confirm if he was involved.
3 -confirmed- shooters in body armor and camo turned out to be a dude and his wife in regular clothes.
I get what your saying about ask 20 people for descriptions and you'll get 20 answers, but how are people going to fuck up 3 white guys in body armor and camo when they're looking at a brown couple in street clothes?