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Christopher Jordan Dorner is seen in a photo from a 2006 LAPD newsletter. Dorner was on the force until 2008, and he was a reservist in the U.S. Navy.
Updated at 3:50 a.m. ET -- An ex-cop suspected of killing three people including a policeman and threatening to kill others — as laid out in a chilling online manifesto — continued to elude a massive manhunt early Friday despite local, state and federal agents following leads throughout Southern California.
Speaking to a packed press conference, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck chronicled the bloody events and called on the alleged gunman, 33-year-old Christopher Dorner, to turn himself in.
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"This has gone far enough," Beck added. "No one else needs to die."
Police conducted door-to-door searches in the ski area of Big Bear Mountain after discovering Dorner's burned-out 2005 Nissan Titan truck in the area, NBCLosAngeles.com reported.
The FBI and Las Vegas police were at Dorner's Las Vegas home earlier Thursday. According to a statement released by the FBI, the surrounding neighborhood was cleared for safety reasons while a "law enforcement action" was completed.
Early Friday, the San Diego Sheriff's Department said it had received a call saying Dorner was at a home in the area. Units were at the scene but as at midnight local time (3 a.m. ET), officials said they had not taken any suspects into custody.
Dorner, a 270-pound former Navy reservist who was tossed off the police force in 2008, was acting out of revenge, according his 11,300-word treatise — a cached version of which was obtained by NBCLosAngeles.com — and was targeting not only perceived enemies, but their families as well.
Described as 'one of the more dangerous shooters we've seen in a long time,' police say 33-year-old Christopher Dorner has already killed three people and is gunning for more. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
"I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I’m terminating yours," Dorner wrote in his rambling manifesto, addressing LAPD officials he blamed for ruining his career.
"Look your wives/husbands and surviving children directly in the face and tell them the truth as to why your children are dead."
Dorner has an arsenal of weapons, including assault rifles, police said. Citizens were told to call 911 if they saw his truck, but warned not to approach him, describing him as "extremely dangerous."
Dorner is a 2001 graduate of Southern Utah University, where he majored in political science and minored in psychology and played football for at least two of those years, the university confirmed.
He was a lieutenant in the Navy Reserves from 2002 until this week, and earned a ribbon for rifle marksmanship and a medal for pistol expertise. He was honorably discharged.
He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 2005 and was fired for making false statements in 2008.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck provides a briefing on the case of Christopher Dorner, the fired LAPD officer wanted in revenge slayings in Irvine, California.
Police say Dorner began his killing spree on Sunday.
Monica Quan, 28, and her fiancé, Keith Lawrence, 27, were fatally shot while parking their car at their apartment complex after a Super Bowl party. Quan is the daughter of retired LAPD Capt. Randy Quan, who represented Dorner at the internal review that led to his ouster.
On Wednesday, Dorner tried and failed to steal a boat in San Diego, Beck said. No one was hurt in that incident.
Hours later, he began targeting cops, they said.
At 1:25 a.m., in Chino, LAPD cops assigned to protect someone named in the manifesto came under fire. One cop suffered a graze wound to his head, "literally inches from killing him," Beck said.
Twenty minutes later, in Riverside, he ambushed two cops stopped at a red light. One officer was killed and the other is in stable condition.
Police in Riverside said that they had notified the family of the slain policeman, but did not reveal his identity out of concern that it might endanger his family members.
Tensions were high across the region, where cops on protection details wound up injuring innocent civilians.
At 5:15 a.m. in Torrance, police assigned to watch the home of a potential target got a report of a vehicle like Dorner’s in the area, and then spotted it driving with the lights off.
Police fired at the vehicle and wounded two women who were out delivering newspapers. The Los Angeles Times reported that one was shot in the back and one in the hand and both were taken to local hospitals for treatment. The back of their blue pickup was riddled with bullet holes, the report said.
Related: Women shot by cops were just delivering papers
"Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers," said Chief Beck.
Later in the day, dozens of cops surrounded a motel in San Diego where a man matching Dorner’s description was reported to be holed up. KNSD said police eventually confirmed the man inside was not the suspect.
"It's extremely intense," Sgt. Rudy Lopez said of the dragnet to capture the suspect before anyone else is killed.
"We're trying to identify where he's been, where he's going. In this case, we are the targets. He's brazen. He's on a hunt to do whatever havoc he can."
Dorner’s manifesto, titled "Last Resort," is a road map of his rage over being tossed off the force. He claims that he was punished for accusing his field training officer of brutalizing a mentally disabled man.
"The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence, PUBLICLY!!!" he wrote.
Half of it chronicles the wrongs Dorner says he suffered, stretching all the way back to a racial slur used against him in the first grade. He portrays the LAPD as rife with racism, corruption and abuse.
There is a long passage in which he expresses support for an assault-weapons ban, and a plea that his brain be preserved for scientific research on the effects of depression.
The document also contains page after page of praise for friends, political figures, journalists and celebrities and opinions on issues of the day — from women in combat to the boycott of Chick-fil-A.
Mostly, though, he talks about his bloodthirsty plans. He claims his arsenal includes "Bushmaster firearms, Remington precision rifles" and silencers and boasts that his knowledge of police tactics will allow him to elude capture.
"I know I will be villified (sic) by the LAPD and the media," he wrote. "Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name."
In addition to posting his manifesto online, Dorner also reached out directly to CNN, mailing a package to anchor Anderson Cooper's New York office, according to CNN. The package contained a hand-labeled DVD, a yellow Post-it note reading, in part, "I never lied," and a coin wrapped in duct-tape.
According to CNN, the tape was inscribed with the words "Thanks, but no thanks, Will Bratton," and the letters "IMOA." The coin is a souvenir medallion from former L.A.P.D. Chief William Bratton, CNN said, but it appears to have been shot-through with bullet holes.
CNN told law enforcement about the parcel.
At an emotional press conference in Riverside, home to the fallen officer, Police Chief Sergio Diaz said that judging by Dorner’s manifesto, the fugitive had a "depraved mind and heart."
Diaz, like his counterpart in Los Angeles, said the suspect should turn himself in.
"His grievances will not be further aired by further violence."
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Why is it that none of the disturbed and evil men, who steal guns, then go and kill movie-goers and children in school, has ever been identified as a conservative NRA member?
Ft Hood~~~ Registered Democrat ~ Muslim
Columbine ~~~ Too young to vote; both families were registered Democrats and progressive liberals
Virginia Tech ~~~ Wrote hate mail to President Bush and to his staff ~ Registered Democrat
Colorado Theater ~~~ Registered Democrat; staff worker on the Obama campaign; Occupy Wall Street participant; progressive liberal
Connecticut School Shooter- ~~~ Registered Democrat; hated Christians
Common thread is that all of these shooters were progressive liberal Democrats.
INTERESTING, isn't it?
Maybe Democrats shouldn't have guns!
Ok. So your point is? Should we trot out the names of the men who shot abortion doctors? What was Timothy McVeigh again? Point? There are rotten apples in every barrel. But if you want to start pointing them out of another barrel, make sure yours is pristine first.
Correct, Rossj.
Let's add Jimmy Lee Dykes - "paranoid survivalist", Jared Loughner - same, Nancy Lanza (owner of the assault weapon than killed 26 at Newtown) - ultra right wing "Prepper".
Dykes, in Alabama just this week. School bus driver killer, kidnapper, etc.
This can only get uglier.
Yeah, the REDHEAD does not have anyting to contribute when they are dead wrong, sorta nice not to see or read their bipolar rants.
Did you even read the article? They guy was a 'former' cop, and no one, including Feisty, is saying only police should have guns. Quit over-reacting and stop with the fake drama.
Could this be a result of affirmative action, another racist Liberal policy?
Are you saying he was hired just because he was ex-military?
Oh wait, ex-military isn't a race.
Oh wait, ex-military isn't a race.
Well, if this guy actually thinks that murdering members of the LAPD will 'get his name back', then he really IS dangerous.
Government out of control needs controlling, the reason for the second amendment. People say it cannot happen here, but if Reid and the DNC take over the government, and there is NO checks and balance, we and our freedoms will be gone, we will have a de facto dictatorship.
Patriot Act? Who brought that to America? How many freedoms were lost in one fell swoop? I love the over reaching and instigating you are doing on this thread. Says a lot about you, your intentions, and your inability to rely on your own merits of discussion and that you're just looking for a fight.
Yeah good luck taking out that stealth fighter with anything less than your own personal SAM installation.
Also you should be aware the check and balance system has NOTHING to do with which parties are in control of which branches of the government and everything to do with the accountability of each branch to each other and the people.
Roosi how do you fell about Obama being able to kill americans with out a trail? The patriot act aint got nothing on the drones and all the people getting killed even american citizens can be killed with out due process. No way in hell anybodys going to bne able to point to the patriot act now after Obama has trumped that act.
High,
That is until a Republican trumps that. My point is if this was by a Republican it would be hailed as necessary and good. The fact that people don't like Obama makes it an instant horrible decision. Just be honest about it. I think both are horrible. Patriot Act and the drone. At least I'm man enough to say both are horrible decisions and wont link it to something as silly as patriotism or some such foolishness.
rossj,
Exactly how do you trump murder of an American citizen, WITHOUT due process, or even notice.
Good Lord, that is THE most partisan rant I've ever heard.
Really? I thought my admitting both were horrible, despite the political affiliation made it rather non political.
Ah, revenge! Always a great reason to kill someone. Just look at all the wonderful things the culture of vengeance has done for Northern Ireland, the Balkans, the Middle East, & all the places where people live in misery, poverty, & fear.
However without vengeance, there's no justification for the death penalty, so if you're against one, you're against the other. Awkward.
oh he killed someone.....better talk about gun control since that's all NBC talks about!
I bet he voted for hope and change. Cali is a blue state. There you go then. obama thinks he can kill whoever, whenever, whereever he wants at will. WTH. Doner is just following the example being set. Lets give him a Cabinet seat.
So, because California is a blue state, everyone is liberal and Democrat? Really? It was a nice attempt at a tie into Obama though. Maybe someday people will grow up enough to stop pointing the finger at people who don't believe exactly as they do and realize this is a people problem, not a political affiliation problem.
He passed his background check...his weapon was probably registered, he probably didn't have a prior. And maybe he's not a crackpot....maybe what he said is true? Sounds just like what happened to Jason Bourne. Life imitates art.
When they kill him they will say: A. He shot first B. They found explosives C. They found porn...probably child porn.
When he gets taken out, he'll leave no other choice. This man knows he's going to die today.
The only description given of the suspect is that he is six feet tall, 270 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes. We were provided a picture of him with the article, but what if someone hadn't seen a picture? The author of the article had no problem mentioning that the father of one of the victims is Asian-American, but there is no mention that the suspect, the man it is necessary to identify and capture, is African-American. Why would that be? Wouldn't it eliminate a lot of false sightings if the public knew that? They certainly wouldn't be calling the police about possible sightings of six-foot-tall, 270 pound men of Caucasian, Hispanic, Amerindian, or Middle Eastern descent with black hair and brown eyes.
This is hard to follow--please re-write.
And please correct an obvious mistake. He has CPT bars on his Navy uniform so why say he's a LT? What else did this reporter get wrong?
Hey Bob,
A Lt in the Navy wears the "railroad" tracks of an Army Captain.
A Captain in the Navy wears the "eagles" of a Colonel in the Army.
Ranks and Titles are different in some services. Think "Gunny" in the USMC = Sergeant First class in Army.
That's my kind of cop!
Go get em eddie the IDIOT, You are whats wrong with America
better than most it would appear!
So I guess we need a law that says cops can't have guns?
Here we see the downside of our cherished local policing. Riverside PD apparently didn't get the memo or they would have sent an adequate response team, and one of their officers wouldn't be dead and the other fighting for his life.
Every big city police department gets a few who come to believe the worst offenders are carrying badges. Generally they don't go so far as to murder fellow officers but this one has crossed a major red line and must be dealt with accordingly.
I don't care what his complaint is now. He rants about injustice, then kills an innocent girl and her fiance! He needs to be stopped - now.
I like how the author felt the need to [sic] the quote about being vilified because he used two Ls, but right above that, the author writes "One of the officer's was shot...".
The cops will kill him on site thats for sure and he knows that is going to happen so he will kill anyone that gets in his way. This makes for a good chance that an innocent person will run into this guy and when it happens i bet that person will be wishing they were carrying a gun.
Or, M6, that person might have a good dog who'll alert him to an intruder then defend him to the end.
You can't intimidate a dog by displaying a pistol!
But a dog also isn't going to do you much good once its been shot. The best protection is both, 1st dog alerts to intruder, 2nd dog attacks intruder, 3rd while dog has intruder distracted you put slug in intruders head.
But i do agree that a dog is the best alarm you can get. It's always on, can distinguish between friend or foe, and a good one wont stop until called off or dead. Mans best friend indeed.
Even for a gun clutcher's wet dream that's pretty dumb. You'd be just as likely to shoot your dog!
A bullet ain't got no friends. A gun don't care who it's pointed at. A gun can't wake you if there's a fire.
If your mixed up adolescent grandson steals your dog, he can't use it to settle scores at the local high school after killing you.
Dungman, you go ahead and grab your pair of assault scissors while you clutch your pissing attack Chihuahua. Those of us who actually know how to use a firearm will take our chances with the caliber of our choice.
And a gun can't kill anyone if no one picks it up.
This loser is just one of many exactly like him. Drunk on power. Flip if its questioned.
Shoot him on sight, hes a danger to everyone.
You want to shoot everone on sight that is drunk on power? Start at the top.
@MoreJustice
That is quite an oblivious statement. Read the manifesto and maybe you will reconsider who the ones drunk on power are. It is somewhat obvious from his present reaction, the evidence presented in the manifesto, the testament from the father of the abused, and lack of reason for the firing, that this man may have been a product of people drunk on power.
Nothing justifies him killing innocent family members of his enemies. If he had a case, he should have gone public. The entire world isn't corrupt. If you are right, sooner or later people will listen. This guy just threw away any right he had. Now hes just a murderer. A dangerous murderer, who should be shot on sight. Because he wont hesitate to ambush any police he see's first. Or anyone else that gets in his way.
MoreJustice: "Nothing justifies him killing innocent family members of his enemies." - Tell that to Obama and his Drones program.
More.,
Ruby Ridge, Waco,...I see your point.
I don't support the drone program, or government assassinations. Not just for the reason you mentioned, but because its the rule of law. Or it used to be. "Due process" and innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, is what America stood for to the rest of the world. Now America stands for water boarding and drone assassinations.
Waco and Ruby ridge happened because they didn't comply with the law, and let the legal process do its job. If you aren't breaking the law, you have nothing to fear. You cant fight government authority and win. You get what you get when you try. They brought it on themselves.
@MoreJustice said "If you aren't breaking the law, you have nothing to fear."
You're joking right? This guy is going crazy entirely because he saw people that weren't breaking the law brutalized and lives ruined and spoke up about it.
"You cant fight government authority and win."
Okay, you're not an American are you? Because America was founded on the opposite principle -- *always* fight the government (either literally in the Revolution, or by keeping it in check with our democratic systems and our 2nd Amendment), to win (stay free).
More.,
Sorry, I gave you credit for equal intelligence. "Nothing justifies him killing innocent family members of his enemies."
Ruby-Wife & son(under 12)......Waco-about a dozen children under ten.
Clear now.
Somebody musta irritated him...
So I guess we will have to station a police officer at each police officer to protect them.
Just another day, another gun death. Just another day in America.
Wait, let me rephrase that for the more sensitive gun crowd:
Just another day, another death commited by a person who used the most effective delivery system to bring about sudden death, a gun, to carry out their intent. Just another day in America
I'd prefer to take my chances with the spoon.
Bring him on, spoon or whatever.
However, it's very telling of your character Damyou that you rush to a murder's defense...over the sake of a gun.
Rob,
I'm pretty sure Damyu was pointing out the fact that this is a pretty big boy and looks like he'll can handle himself. I don't see where he rushed to anyone's defense, much less, over the sake of a gun?
We get it you're afraid of guns.
@Rob No one is actually against gun control as an ideal (i.e. wouldn't it be great if no one ever shot someone) -- everyone supports that. The problem is that it is an impossible ideal, we can't even get close to realizing it, and it is costly, hypocritical and possibly more dangerous. In other words, we can't practically enact "gun control" any more than we could stop alcohol during the Prohibition or any more than we can stop drugs or prostitution today.
Laws don't effect criminals, otherwise we wouldn't have so many people in jail. In case of gun control, it will make criminals stronger as they will be disproportionately armed and also get immensely rich selling guns.
To really make the point: do you thing drug dealers would prefer to have laxer or stricter laws against drugs? Any type of prohibition is just like printing money for criminal organizations. This is the pragmatic truth.
The reason why there seems to be endless debate over guns is that the two "sides" aren't even talking about the same thing. The "anti-gun" people are talking about an ideal, whereas the "anti-gun-control" people are talking about pragmatic reality. Both sides are actually right -- yes it would be nice if the world didn't have people shooting each other, and also yes gun control is as bad an idea as every other type of vice we try to control.
Sniper needs to take this ass out..... now...... no questions ..... just kill him..... before he kills again...\
Do you know where to put the static sniper so that the killer will walk in front of him? I guess you watch too many "snipers" on tv.
I sure hope the "sniper" doesn't use one of those evil.....GUNS....maybe he can shoot him with a spit wad and surprise him so much that he can be safely and gently arrested and afforded all the comforts of home while in jail in the manner that libs prefer.
(Sarcasm off)
DiggernNE
Not all people who use guns are NRA members/Tea Partiers. And not all cops are NRA members/Tea Partiers.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DiggernNE, I bet you a 1000 to 1, that Jimmy Dykes that Kidnapper of that 6 year old boy, and killer of the bus driver, and bunker owner is a NRA member!!
Not only that, if all NRA Members are required to take mental and background checks, the 4 million plus members will sink to a couple thousand!
RE: truthnow1226?
YOU SPEAK WELL..... from your ashole!
If you fire someone wrongfully, perhaps you deserve the consequences.....maybe there was some truth to his training officer kicking a suspect.... we all know how those things and even killings are "covered up". If you are not aware that police participate in this type of activity than crawl from under the rock you live under.
What possible gain would the officer have to make by reporting a civilian being abused? Wouldn't he be ostricized by his fellow officers. Surely you've heard of the "blue code of silence"... that is real. Just pushed the wrong guy too far is the way I see it.
"Your lack of ethics and conspiring to wrong a just individual are over. Suppressing the truth will lead to deadly consequences for you and your family. There will be an element of surprise where you work, live, eat, and sleep,” he wrote, referring to Quan and several others."
I suggest people start treating others how they want to be treated and all this violence in society will end.
Okay. A little bit rough for the "civilians" who paid for the disrespect though, don'tcha think?
Would you be fine with your daughter and her friend being the price of your misdeeds?
Your thought processes are scary.