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Subscribe to RSSThe search for Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer accused in a string of revenge murders entered its third day Saturday, authorities said, exactly four years after his dismissal from the LAPD. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
Updated at 8:42 p.m. ET: The search for Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer accused in a string of revenge murders entered its third day Saturday in the snowy mountains of San Bernardino, Calif., authorities said, exactly four years after his dismissal from the LAPD.
Police say they believe Dorner is on a mission to execute former LAPD colleagues and superiors and their families to avenge his 2009 firing. They believe he murdered a retired captain’s daughter and her fiancé in Irvine, Calif., on Sunday, then killed one cop and wounded two others in shootings Thursday.
In an interview with San Francisco's KCBS, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said Saturday that the department would re-examine the details that led to Dorner's dismissal.
Police spokesman Cmdr. Andrew Smith said the decision was made to ensure the public the LAPD is "fair and transparent" on Dorner's firing.
Dorner accused his training officer in August 2007 of kicking a mentally ill man during an arrest in San Pedro. An internal affairs investigation into his accusations concluded that the training officer had not kicked the mentally ill man and that Dorner's statements were false. He was later notified that he would be fired for making false statements.
Dorner's former boss and L.A. police chief from 2002 to 2009, William Bratton, said earlier that Saturday marked an important date in Dorner's history.
"Four years ago he received his discharge papers, if you will, his dismissal papers on Feb. 9, 2009," Bratton said. "A day of significance certainly in his mind that inasmuch as his grievances all seem to center on his dismissal."
A joint task force was established to continue the search for Dorner. The task force includes the Irvine Police Department, Riverside Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshall Service, Los Angeles Police Department and other allied agencies.
Los Angeles police deputies continued the manhunt at daybreak after relentless snowfall Friday evening forced them to suspend the search.
Los Angeles Police Chief William Braton, who was once the boss of Christopher Dorner, said Dorner is an "injustice collector" who finally reached a tipping point.
Bratton said it was clear to him that the triggering event in Dorner's life was his dismissal from the LAPD and said it was doubtful that he would give up and turn himself into police.
"He collects injustices and he never lets them go, and evidently they finally reached a tipping point that led to the series of violent acts the last several days," Bratton said. "The last thing that he would want would be to be arrested by the LAPD and do a perp walk. That would be the last injustice, the most significant one."
SWAT teams in camouflage began scouring the mountains Thursday after they found Dorner's burned-out Nissan near a ski resort in Big Bear Lake, about two hours from Los Angeles.
"It's extremely dangerous," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said at a news conference Friday, after more than 100 law enforcement officials scoured an 8-square-mile area using police dogs, snowmobiles and armored cars with chains to help navigate the terrain.
Sheriff's officials said the search would continue until Dorner was located or evidence was found indicating he was no longer in the Big Bear area, NBCLosAngeles.com reported.
Michael Goulding / Zuma Press
With gun drawn, two California Highway Patrol officers check the cargo of a truck leaving the Big Bear Lake area during a manhunt for Christopher Dorner who is suspected of the killing three people.
Police said they believe Dorner was acting on an online manifesto in which he baited authorities.
"Any threat assessments you generate will be useless," it read. "I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving."
McMahon acknowledged that the hunt for a man who is effectively hunting them could be nerve-wracking.
"This business is not always safe," he said. "But this is what we train for."
Meanwhile, an attorney for two women who were shot by police during the search for Dorner said that the women met Saturday with Beck, who apologized.
Emma Hernandez, 71, was with her daughter Margie Carranza, 47, delivering newspapers in Torrance early Thursday when police opened fire on their truck. Hernandez was hit twice in her back and Carranza was injured by flying glass.
Attorney Glen Jonas said that the family appreciated the apology. Police said Beck was making arrangements to replace the women's truck.
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Expect an anticlimactic end. He's already suicide dead in one of those unoccupied mountain cabins.
Scapegoat,dead or otherwise.
maybe he's chillin Santa Monica,oceanside
gotta luv live in ''United Slaves of America'' or should I say MURICA
What is this bulls**t "SUSPECTED"? Either he did kill the 3 people or he did not.
Are California law enforcement officers the worst in the nation?
Dorner is nothing more than an experienced "Rodney King" with extensive training from the military and the L.A.P.D. He is a big dude that has boxed himself in a corner and is coming out guns "a blazen!" His family will definitely blame the military for his actions via PTSD, the police department for firing him, and that he finally snapped. He went over the "Physical/mental cliff" and now he thinks there is no turning back. Everyone keeps talking about the "bad cops", I would not want an idiot "walking time bomb" like him as a partner on my watch. He is a big dude that obviously thinks his size can intimidate others. I hope the police take him out and save all of us tax payers a lot of money. Oh, and I can hear it already when the LAPD's report comes out that the whole thing was a complete cover up. My behind!
Cops are corrupt gangs. You know the truth Lance Armstrong dont deny and lie.
Just listen to the police scanners from San Bernadino county....ooops they just shut the main one down(radioreferance.com)
kill all those corrupt pigs. They drew first blood.
I have heard on that the media is also out again for gun control issues and the the original version of the manifesto is considerably shorter than what the is circulating via the press. You can read it here:
Also, this ex boss of his seems pretty certain that this is a man who will not want to be taken alive, that's what he says but he means his boys will take care of that. I bet if the officers targeted would tell the truth, this ex-man of honor would actually turn himself in. Watch out for the media!
I cannot believe these cops hunting this guy keep on coming. He (Dorner) has already killed 3 people and is gunning for more cops. I believe this guy has (2) .50 caliber single shot sniper rifles. He can shoot a cop from a mile away with one of these guns. The CHP must be the bravest group of cops in the world. Let things cool off and he will surface. Then you can nab him. Why risk good cops lives?
Look rodney king was a drug dealer and lets not get into that. That adds to the insult to the californians.
Here is that link: content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/616/02/616_1360213161.pdf
If this guy is sane I would rather be mentally ill and voted for Romney.
Those 7 cops from Torrance PD need to go back to the gun range....over 50 rounds struck that truck , thank God they didn't kill those 2 women.... Plus the countless rounds that struck the houses and other cars that weren't even in the line of fire....these guys can't hit the broadside of a barn with the doors closed....!!! Scary, they're lucky one of the residents didn't return fire for getting shot at in their own homes, what the hell were they thinking... These ladies will never have to work the rest of their life for sure...this is one lawsuit that deserves payment to the highest amount allowable....
And how many of totally innocent people was it that the police has shot and killed trying to find just this cop and people killer just one guy, and they are not even in jail or fired waiting for the death penalty for those killings---give me a brake--- I hope they get forced to raise a statute for 50 years the seize of the big one at the airport in memory of gun/police killing innocent people, and I do not even see the police chief in jail--are we adopting Afghanistan standards to here, or is this just a continuation of police and government here, despite the criticism we give other western countries with "government welfare"--not here for sure, we are not even close!
To all you who are bringing politics into this. It is not Obama's fault. It is Dick Cheney's fault. Duh!
I will just say this. Obama has not helped anything. The more he talks, the worse everything gets.
Maybe he could send a drone.
I bet they also want him dead, to make sure he never talks again. I believe this guy was railroaded, I wish he did not pull the stuped stunt of killing people. This man is smart, he let's the cop's think he is in the mountains, they bust their ass looking for him, and he is having a drink in Mexico.
I sure would hate to look like this poor guy, cops would fill me full of holes.
Look what happen, in new york with their cops, one cop opened up talk to the news paper, cops did their best to kill him, they called him a rat, the public called him brave.
David I know for a fact what you say is 100 percent true. Also my uncle was LAPD and I will let you know right now the guy was an idiot and very irrational. Very authoritative and abusive. The cops are like a gang you snitch on them and they all turn against you. Don't believe me, become a cop and find out the truth with the corruption.
I would be looking for this guy anywhere but Big Bear area. He knows the area. He torched his truck leaving himself without transportation (in the minds of his pursuers). I think he had ANOTHER VEHICLE where he burned his own. Look for him in Los Angeles area.
Dorner...........You sick little Monkey ......
The statement reads, "This business is not always safe," he said. "But this is what we train for." Listen here you dumb cops you practice abusing your authority daily, plus your over paid. You are without a doubt without a conscience.
I'm starting to think he offed himself and eventually they'll find his body.
The officer whom Dorner reported as using unnecessary force was later promoted to sergeant. She was not available to discuss the case, and police told media not to approach her home... cover-up.. LAPD at its finest.. shoots up a pickup.. with 2 women inside.. shoot first ask questions later.. all officers should be fired, including their superiors.. I hope these two women sue for millions..
You go Dude!
Dormer is becomming a cult hero to some.
The statement reads, "This business is not always safe," he said. "But this is what we train for." Listen here you dumb cops you train daily abusing the law and authority. Plus your over paid. You guys are without a doubt without a conscience.
Its a sad day in America when you don't know which side to support. Every aspect of society has some level of corruption from the local level all the way to the top. The libs don't want anyone to be held responsible for their own actions-some how we are all victims and its always someone else's fault. No one is held accountable because someone might get offended. Well, Libs offend me. Does anyone care? Every problem we have is a direct result of the liberal idiots and their inability to reason.
We are not all victims -we were put here on Earth to learn and sometimes I think God must look down at us and just shake his head. Someday he may just decide this was an experiment gone wrong and bring us all back. Everyday I try to do the best I can and I wish for the best.