Another LAPD False Flag?

This is a bizarre case from last year-- and follows in the footsteps of the extremely bizarre Christopher Dorner incident. Basically, 2 LAPD officer went on a shooting rampage because they thought someone was shooting at them, but there is no evidence that anyone shot at them. Then they shut down a section of Venice on a manhunt for the suspect.

So what's going on here? Is it part of plan to prep the public for increasing martial law?