The shootout was filmed at an actual karaoke bar on North Atlantic Boulevard in Monterey Park.
Executive producer Henrik Bastin's son is named after Harry Bosch.
Detective Pierce setting up a grid search and locating the missing slug illustrates how sometimes laborious police work yields valuable evidence.
In the first scene, Albert Bondigas is arrested. If you shorten his name first name to 'Al' his name becomes Al Bondigas. Albondigas is a Spanish word which translates to "meatballs".
Director Ernest Dickerson began his career as cinematographer for Spike Lee on such films as "She's Gotta Have It," "Do the Right Thing," "Mo' Better Blues," "Jungle Fever," and "Malcolm X."