Breaking News Officers wounded in hunt for Christopher Dorner
- Person believed to be renegade ex-LAPD officer Christopher J. Dorner shot and wounded two sheriff’s deputies Tuesday in Big Bear area of southern California, law enforcement source says
- Source: Suspect shot deputies as authorities were checking report of home invasion and carjacking
- Dorner, alleged to have said he’s targeting police officers for his 2008 dismissal from LAPD, has been the subject of a seven-day manhunt as suspect in three killings
- We’ll have updates below as we get them; full story here.
[Updated at 4:49 p.m. ET] Two sheriff’s deputies have been wounded in a shootout with a suspect believed to be renegade ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner, a high-ranking law official with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday.
The source says the suspect, believed to be Dorner, shot the deputies as police responded to a report of a home invasion and a carjacking in the Big Bear area of southern California.
After police got a description of the vehicle, police set up a road block, and Dorner approached the officers, the source says. Dorner then opened fire, wounding the two sheriff’s deputies, according to the source.
Source: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/12/police-checking-reports-that-ex-lapd-officer-dorner-sighted/
