Manhunt On for Revenge-Seeking Ex-LAPD Officer Accused of Killing 3
Police say Christopher Dorner implicated himself in the killings through a "manifesto" that he posted online this week in which he identifies potential targets by name.
Thousands of police officers in Southern California and Nevada are trying to track down a former LAPD officer who allegedly shot and killed three people in revenge for being laid off from the force. The suspect, 33-year-old Christopher Dorner, remains at large as of Thursday morning.
Police say Dorner implicated himself in the killings through a “manifesto” that he posted online this week in which he identifies potential targets by name.
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...The Associated Press via The Huffington Post:
The search for Dorner, who was fired from the LAPD in 2008 for making false statements, began after he was linked to a weekend killing in which one of the victims was the daughter of a former police captain who had represented him during the disciplinary hearing. Authorities believe Dorner opened fire early Thursday on police in cities east of Los Angeles, killing an officer and wounding another.
…In a Facebook post, Dorner said he knew he would be vilified by the LAPD and the news media, but that “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.”
As police searched for him, the packed Los Angeles area was on edge. The nearly 10,000-member LAPD dispatched many of its officers to protect potential targets. The department also pulled officers from motorcycle duty, fearing they would make for easy targets.
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Issues of race and the LAPD have been raised once again in the case of Christopher Dorner, a dismissed African-American cop accused of killing four people before apparently losing his life in a gunfight with police and subsequent fire.Issues of race and the LAPD have been raised once again in the case of Christopher Dorner, a dismissed African-American cop accused of killing four people.
Investigators believe that it was fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner who barricaded himself in a cabin, engaged officers in an intense gunfight and was unable to escape before the building burned down.
A week after former police officer Christopher Dorner is alleged to have begun killing those people he reportedly views as his enemies, authorities in Southern California -- and even Charlie Sheen -- are doing everything they can to bring the elusive man out of the shadows.
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