Who is "The"?

Look at this story from KWTV in Oklahoma City posted on their website.

Take a look at the last sentence of the story before the “Editor’s Note”. It reads “At this time, authorities have not released the age or genders of the.”

Did the shift for the person that wrote this story just end suddenly and they packed up and left for the day.

Is “The” a new pronoun that I haven’t heard yet?

Also, if you came back to add an editor’s note, don’t you think you could have finished the story?

Here’s the screenshot from the station’s website.