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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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gun control should be restricted. if we don't do something, all of our lives is in danger..there no hero's here in this, but if we don't control the corruption that's going on then our government will control everything and all our rights will be taking from us..you tell us to speak to our children about guns, and bullying and report and tell thing that is wrong but we turn around and do the opposite...this man feels his life is over so, he now feel he has nothing to gain from this..people wake up it's happening everyday in this country..you damn if you and damn if you don't.. get rid of the garbage that causing this and we will then maybe have a decent world....stop, look, and listen look around you, this country is better off then whats going on overseas...we are trully bless, Lord help us all..
MSNBC buries this story once it is revealed that this loser is a bigtime lib who supports Obama, Pelosi, Chris Matthews and MSNBC. Liberals are THE most violent people on the face of the earth.
Okay MSNBC is letting us run rampant over this story. How about an interview with the retarded man's father. What level of retardation is he? Would he make up a story that the ex-officer's boss kicked him? I smell a rat.
hears a thought that came to me while reading this sad incident: in Europe where people are a lot more controlled by their Kings, Queens, presidents, Rulers, ect. there is less freedom, in Germany for example you don't dare drink while driving or you'll be sorry for years, as a result of the government and tight restrictions it must work on your mind because I 've seen a lot of Europeans lose it and go plum crazy and destroy everything around them, and the next day like holly @!$%# did I do that, I think Obama has that effect on a lot of Americans who are concerned about the plight of this country and losing God given Rights.
What's alarming about this story, is that he's targeting cops and their families. Your run-of-the-mill nut is a right winger who targets are almost random. (It does seem to be children, lately. Adam Lanza - neocon prepper family; Jimmy Lee Dykes - RWNJ Rush super-fan, Tim McVeigh,etc..) AND, this guy is smart! Very unusual story. He could be trouble for a long time. A liberal killer, VERY unusual!
More usual than you might think..Lanza democrat. Aurora shooter..democrat. This guy..Democrat..
im glad those women lived... i hope they get better... thank god the police found the burned out truck, so more innocents wouldnt be shot... i mean how dumb do you think this cop-killer is...he knows to change MO frequently and this is what is so scary... he will hide and wait until another opportunity presents itself... it is a sad thing to watch....im just glad its not a school this time...maybe he will kill himself but if he is really full of hate and a warrior, he will go down fighting...
jay said
"if he is really full of hate and a warrior, he will go down fighting..."
I think you are right about the hatred, but I have been around lots of warriors, and this individual just does not qualify. Shooting a woman in her car and shooting holes in a coin? Burning one's own truck for show?? seriously???
I don't understand all the fuss about it, the man was an LAPD officer, he was screened, was found not to be mentally ill, joined the force, went out bought some GUNS, and now he is EXCERCISING HIS UNCHALLANGEBLE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT, yeah the right for him to kill Kids and people, but if you are the parent of the one getting killed the CONSTITUTION does not protect you, just ask any REPUBLICAN! it is time for change for too long the REPUBLICAN PARTY and the NRA had stand against any change even a miniscule one, PEOPLE WE are 300 million + in this country, why in the hell are we letting 4,6,8 million NRA MEMBERS controll legislature on GUNS? can somebody just tell me, and MOTHERS you need to stand and fight, fight like MADD fought and change the drunk driving laws, hey this is not going to get better but worse, i say ENOUGH BS we need ACTION, we muss demand ACTION.
Do you think there will be a flood of liberal killers.... like the rabid conservatives? Liberals, murdering school-bus drivers, kidnapping kindergarteners, and going into their homemade bunkers? This guy is sure that the LAPD is right-wing corrupt racists. Naw, that's just an inside joke, right?
No thank you jooser.....I would rather keep my weapons so that I can defend myself against any lunatic - Democrat, Republican, Independent - actually I don't care what party or affiliation. They shoot at me, I am shooting back. And, MADD (a very worthwhile organization by the way) still has had little or no effect on the number of DWI/DUI in the USA, or the deaths caused by drunk-drivers. The one thing that does have an effect but is typically banned in liberal (ACLU) controlled jurisdictions, are check-points. Is the ACLU protecting my rights to bear arms? I haven't heard a peep out of them.
I don't drive drunk, so I have no fear from checkpoints. Just like I will not brandish or use my weapons without good cause. Make sense? Or, do we still need MORE government control over us so that we do the right thing? Mindless, being lead by the brainless. And, I hope when push comes to shove, the ACLU is out there defending my 2nd Ammendment rights like they do for drunk drivers to avoid checkpoints and to refute bonafide lab tests that prove or disprove sobriety.
Just like to point out that MADD is Mothers Against Drunk Drivers and not Mothers Against Drivers, or Mothers Against Drunks, or Mothers Against Alcohole, or even Mothers Against Cars.
Because its Our right. Just as its YOUR right to spew lies. Simple enought isn't it?
You are correct texasbob. I believe in and support their message because they are working at the root of the problem, drunk drivers and not every driver, person who drinks or the stuff that they drink - just people who get behind the wheel drunk. I also was not trying to minimize their message or saying that they have failed (not that your message alluded to that fact, I am just trying to be clear in my message).
LAPD Racist and Violent? I lived in LA for 18 years. Yes they are...
Scared, trigger happy cops shoot two women delivering papers? They should be immediately fired. All we need are vigilante cops going around executing innocent civilians before identifying who they are shooting at. Dorner's claims about LAPD really needs a legitimate outside agency to investigate the organization. Seems the days of Rampart and coverups never went away.
Do you have any idea how many 6' 270 lb black men are in America? I can guarantee you that he does not look like two white women delivering news papers. Get ready LA to write out another check that you can't cash.
"Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers," said Chief Beck.
Oh yeah. Truth is most cops would rather shot first then ask questions. You know the slogan "To protect and Serve".
This operation should be turned over to the FBI since they also mentioned Las Vegas which crosses state lines. The last thing we need is another reason for LA Riots.
I hope the republicans around Big Bear are in possession of a firearm with more than 7 rounds.
Since this guy is an Obama-loving liberal, he understands the democrats will be unarmed. He is cunning.
If you were a criminal, would you pick Chris Rocks' house or Ted Nugent's?
I am sure that Chris Rock probably has a 'gat' or two....no offense. And Ted Nugent is a a couple arrows short of a full quiver. That dude scares me with his rage and lunacy. Why can't we all just get along?
LOL! I like that last line!
Ted makes a lot of sense, something libs not understand.
RL56 - I wish I could agree with you on Ted, but he hurts our cause more than he is helping. JMHO - now is the time for calm and intelligent discourse and not mouth foaming and teeth gnashing. Our side just plays into the liberal hysteria that will win out if we are not careful. You see who is the POTUS now. If that could happen, twice, we might lose the guns too......
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Ok, so here is Dorner's open letter to Americans that the media is calling a "manifesto." Read it for yourself and decide whether the person who wrote this news article is even slightest fair and balanced.
I hope all you democrate liberals can hide under your bed. Just send Obozo and his skeet rifle that will take care of it.
Doesn't California have an assault weapons ban?
Ironic.
I think the word is 'iconic'.......as in the iconic failure of a liberal state trying to lead the way on the removal of guns from law abiding citizens. If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will SITLL have guns. Idiots.
This man will die. It's a given. He will be killed, put down like an animal. The question is: Can he rock their world before he does? We aren't talking about some crackpot that has gone looney tunes, around the bend. We're talking about a police force that kills women, children, the elderly and others and always walks. They're rarely charged, never convicted. They practice legal murder openly. They would be charged if people weren't too afraid to do so. So can this man rock their world? A lot of people should think not and have their doubts because he would have to probably kill over a hundred of the chaff. But there's always hope. Maybe God will help him. Not that God will help him kill but maybe God will give him time he normally wouldn't have. It's too bad that there aren't a thousand more just like him to help him because he's battling monsters. Not the kind that are internal monsters of the mind but real, external monsters that hold a badge and a gun and commit murder with impunity because the ordinary people are too scared to speak up. So God bless him. This is Biblical. That's a funny thing to say considering he doesn't care about God, Jesus, or the Bible. Can he be like the Batman rising up against an evil, corrupt big police farce and eventually foil them? One guy versus thousands. Someone who battles cowards that would riddle two innocent women delivering newspapers just sitting in their vehicle with bullets . Another crime that will never be prosecuted. One more among hundreds, nay, thousands. After all, the cowards that lit these two women up don't even have to be expected to be able to differentiate between the sexes. Maybe someone in some small way can reach out and give him help and hope in his seemingly fruitless endeavor. If not, he only has God. And the mystery of God can work wonders. Maybe that will be enough. This didn't happen in a vacuum. These are the monsters of America the great. Monsters that are normally invisible if you and your family want to go on living. But surprise, surprise someone stood up, stands in the breach and casts a light upon their darkness. It isn't dirty harry that he's up against. He's up against the wicked who will answer one way or another when their time comes. The chaff being thrown on a pile and burned in a fire that never extinguishes. All I'm saying is that there are good cops and bad cops. And he's the ugly. Right Clint?
+1
I really hope this man will get some help from others and we'll get to find out the true about what's happening inside LAPD-not that we don't have a clue about it already .
These crooks needs to be put back on the leash and learn the meaning of " Serve and protect "
Unfortunately, even if a person has a legitimate grievance, once they resort to violence all their credibility goes right out the window.
Hopefully he will have the decency to turn himself in.
Boy, are you a liberal dreamer!!!
nogodnomaster,
Why would he want to do this ? Just because that sounds "decent" for you ?
I hope he will be on the main page for many weeks,months and his expertise will serve him right . We need to find the true -the real true .
LAPD scums needs to be disciplined
The man may have been wronged, and the corruption in the local police goverment commited another wrong. People in all jobs, and walks of life need to be treated fairly. When not treated fair some people just flip out. Drunk drivers kill hundreds of people, but put a gun in the picture, and weak minded liberal democrates go crazy.
It is obvious this outraged ex-cop is a democrate Obozo supporter, living in the land of the crazy democrate liberal west coast.
It's obvious that you are quite incapable of composing a coherent sentence, or understanding one.
Leftisfascist why don't you STFU.
Because leftisfascist is such an insufferable twat.
He probably has people sheltering him. There is no shortage of people in LA who hate the cops. As a former cop himself I'm sure he knows people on the other side of the law who would be willing to help him.
Liberal democrates need to get off the computer, and go and hide under the bed.
And bible thumpers need to make a dash to their local churches so that they will be "protected" by their so-called God
Hey your the one that needs a gun. Guess you must really be afraid.
Like your momma when you come home, Wolfie-boy?