and in addition, to the los angeles police department. they have not been as involved as the local san bernadono he has been confirmed dead. >> pam: according to the los angeles police do you have a sense that the urgency has changed in the area since you are in big bear? from those earlier reports that he was confirmed dead. do you still feel that the police are still on high alert. >> once we thought we heard the word, often that he was dead it seemed like there was a little bit of a tension relief in the air. it has been difficult to even get deputies and law- enforcement to talk to us and even the basic about where we should be stationed in with our satellite truck. we do not know it was christopher dorner. >> we are all of all waiting word certainly, news agencies are stunned and what is next for you, chris? >> we are repositioning ourselves we will be continuing to bring you updates but for their way. there are going to be privy to a conference from other side of the mountain. we are not able to get to that point because those roads

that looks like commander andrew scott, let's go ahead and listen in. >> affairs for the los angeles police department. i have a couple quick announcements and quick updates. first of all, the hearts of the los angeles police department, chief charlie beck, we know they suffered a tragic loss. we know what it's like to lose a fellow officer and it breaks everyone's heart to let them know what those families are going through. on behalf of the los angeles police department and chief charlie beck, our deepest sympathies go out to the san bernardino department. with respect to the shootout and burning cabin. this is a san bernardino sheriff investigation. they have the lead on this particular part of the investigation. san bernardino county sheriff suffered the loss when their deputied tried to take this individual into custody and they will be conducting the followup investigation into that incident. i would like to clarify misinformation that has been put out there. i just got off the phone with the sheriff's department. that cabin is still too hot for anybody to make entry. there has been n

this has gone far enough. >> reporter: los angeles police chief spoke from a secure location at los angeles police department. the department has been on high alert since a man and woman were killed on sunday, including the daughter of a former police captain. he was fired in 2008 for making false statements when he accused a fellow officer for kicking a suspect but he said he was unfairly let go. he said i have nothing to lose. my personal casualty means nothing. i have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable and unforgiving. this morning police say he ambushed two officers on patrol killing one and injuring another. >> reporter: as for bill bratton he said he does not remember working with him or why he fired him. we spoke with someone who tried with him. he describes him as someone who was not well liked, struggled to get along with women and made bad decisions. live, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. . >> the story has been developing all day. we are constantly updating it on our mobile ktvu apps. download the app for breaking news as it happens, plus traffic and weather any

and kwan, the daughter of a former los angeles police captain. was a beloved assistant basketball coach at cal state fullerton. >> a really bright light was put out way too soon. >> the pair's senseless killing left a community in shock, and police searching for answers. three days later, a break in the case. >> today we have identified christopher dorner as a suspect in this double homicide. dorner was an lapd officer through 2009 and a reservist for the united states navy. a particular interest at this point in the organization is a multipage manifesto, in which the suspect has implicated himself in the slayings. >> dorner's angry manifesto was much more than a clue. posted on facebook, it was a clear and direct threat aimed at members of the lapd who dorner claimed ended his law enforcement career. in his manifesto, dorner warned that his targets would include not only police but their family members as well. writing, i never had the opportunity to have a family of my own. i'm terminating yours. dorner's chilling manifesto made clear monica kwa

it went down. >> sean: we're going to join the lapd as they begin their press fron frens. >> los angeles police department very a couple quick announcements and updates first of all let me say that the hearts of the police department chief beck and men and women of the lapd family good out to the san bernardino sheriffs tonight. we know they suffered a tragic loss. it breaks everyone's heart to know what those officers and families are going through tonight. on behalf of the los angeles police department and chief charlie beck our deepest sympathy goes out to the san bern sheriff's department for their loss tonight. i want to clarify points with respect to the shootout this, is san bernardino county sheriff's investigation them have the lead on this particular investigation. san bernardino county sheriffs suffered a loss when they tried to take this individual into custody. they'll be conducting a follow up into that incident. i'd like to clarify information that has been put out there, rather misinformation been put out there. i just got off the phone with the san bernardino county sheriff's d

at approximately 1:24 a.m., two los angeles police officers on protective duty in the los angeles suburb of corona, were flagged down by a man who had spotted dorner's truck at a nearby gas station. the police followed the truck. >> exiting the freeway of the officers made that turn to eastbound where the suspect exited the vehicle, was out vehicle, immediately, with a shoulder weapon and started to shoot at the officers. the officers took cover and returned fire. >> reporter: in the resulting exchange of gunfire, one bullet grazed abresponding officer's head. and their patrol car was so damaged then couldn't chase corner as he drove away. >> the suspect, christopher corner, he is driving a 2005 charcoal gray nissan pickup truck, the last license plate known was -- >> reporter: although he was being hunted, corner was not finished doing the hunting. 20 minutes after his shoot-out in corona in nearby riverside, as an 11-year police officer and his train he were stopped at a red light, corndor dorner pulle beside him and opened fire. veteran officer michael crane, a father of two, was kill

police say the former los angeles police department officer rampage continued this morning when he ambushed two police officers, killing one of them. >> a vehicle pulled up next to them and the driver of that vehicle fired multiple rounds from a rifle. >> reporter: another officer was crazed in a shoot out with chris dorner. in a manifesto he wrote i will bring unconventional warfare to those in los angeles police department uniform on or off duty. he was fired fired for making false statements when he accused a fellow officer of kicking a suspect. on sunday chris dorner killed a couple in urviver, including -- irvine, including an officer's daughter. chris dorner imp limited himself when he -- implicated himself. he said this sanecessary eveil i -- this is a necessary evil i do not enjoy. the department was so on edge officers on the look out this morning opened fire on a pick up, injuring two people who were not involved. >> tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers. >> reporter: now among those mentioned in chris dorner's manifesto is bill bratton who is

at approximately 1:24 a.m., two los angeles police officers on protective duty on the los angeles suburb of corona were flagged down by a man who had spotted dorner's truck at a nearby gas station. the police followed the truck. >> exiting the freeway, the officers made that turn to eastbound where the suspect exited the vehicle and out of the vehicle immediately with a shoulder weapon, and started to shoot at the officers. the officers took cover, returned fire. >> reporter: in the resulting exchange of gun fire, one bullet grazed a responding officer's head, and their patrol car was so damaged, they could not chase dorner as he drove away. >> the suspect christopher dorn ser driving a 2005 charcoal gray nissan truck, and the last license plate known is -- >> reporter: although he was being hunted, dorner was not done doing the hunting. 20 minutes after the shooting in corona in nearby riverside as an 11-year police officer and the trainee were stopped at a redlight, dorner pulled up alongside them and opened fire. veteran officer michael crane, a father of two was killed. his 27-year-o

the los angeles police department and our allied law enforcement agencies are implementing all measures ensure the safety of our lapd personnel, their families and the los angeles community. we will continue to do so until dorner is apprehended and all threats have been abated. dorner is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous. christopher jordan dorner is described as a male african-american. 6'0" tall. he is 33 years of age. he has black hair and brown eyes. dorner's photos are displayed here. dorner's vehicle is described as a late model nissan titan pickup. it's a four door, dark gray in color. the vehicle is equipped with a roof rack and a cover over the truck bed. the truck has black rims and a department of defense sticker on the driver's side of the front windshield. we are unsure of the license plate, as we believe he switched plates. there is a possible plate of 8 d as in david. 83997. photos of the vehicle are also on display. we ask that anyone who sees him or this vehicle should not approach or attempt to contact him. but immediately, immediately call 911 and notify

that evening the los angeles police department announced a new strategy a joint task force. >> insideficers from the los angeles police department, the irvine police department, riverside police department, the fbi, the u.s. marshalls service and other allied law enforcement agencies throughout southern california and throughout the region. >> reporter: day five, sunday, dorner remained on the loose. >> everyday that dorner is loose, the likelihood of an attack on either a uniformed police officer or a family of a police officer is likely. >> reporter: southern california remained gripped by fear and unse uncertainty. a home improvement store was evacuated in l.a. after the mere mention of a dorner sighting. the los angeles police were founding themselves spread too thin between the ongoing manhunt and extra security at the grammy awards. they announced that low priority radio calls might go unanswered. >> it was a tremendous strain on our resources. remember, we had to protect the 50 people that were targeted, protect their families as well. we were on a tactical alert for virtually

so far there are no signs of a former los angeles police officer. now investigators think he may be trying to flee to mexico. the the los angeles police department says it's trying to make amends to the two women mistakenly shot by officers. they mistook them for dorner. her daughter wasn't seriously hurt. the l.a. police chief apologized the family yesterday. >>> so far there is no word if the man hunt for christopher dorner will effect the grammy awards. they say lapd officers typically work the event and will be present tonight in uniform as well as in plain clothes. meanwhile the biggest stars in music are preparing for tonight's show. yesterday sir elton john spent the day rehearsing with taylor swift as well as the bands mum ford and sons. swift who is up for three grammy's record of the year is opening the show. something she says might make the night a little easier. >> you get to perform and then you get to watch the show stress free. you get to go out there and watch and see what happens and watch the whole night unvail. >> grammy producers

he's doing it because he wants to insure that the public knows that the los angeles police department is fair and transparent. >> several southern california law enforcement agencies announced the formation of a joint task force to find dorner. now chief charlie beck of the los angeles police department says that he hopes that this reward, that there is going to be announced today, and also the fact that they're reopening this investigation, into the firing of dorner, could help persuade dorner to turn himself in. mart snn. >> we hope that's the case, casey wian outside of the lapd headquarters. >>> an l.a. police and the fbi as well as the l.a. mayor will be holding a press conference. we expect it to be at 4:00 p.m. eastern from the headquarters there. we'll bring it to you live along with the latest updates. >>> in the northeast is digging out after being buried in snow by a huge blizzard. the region slowly limping back to normal. airports in new york, boston and connecticut are open. amtrak restoring limited service between new york and boston and it has modified or resumed servic

los angeles. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >>pam: again, los angeles police killer to *very dangerous. we now know dorner served in the military -- he was a u- sthis is a picture of him in uniform -- pentagon records pistol. february first. >>pam: this is a man who has his former employers for a long time. the los angles police department back in 2008. christopher dorner recently of what he sees as the injustices he's suffered. 'manifesto.' despite all the photos showing a smilinghe has apparently been a very angry man. february 4th around 9 in the morning.he sat down to writehis so-called manifesto on facebook. addressing it to "america". subject matter - "lastsaying he wants to 'reclaim his name'. dorner says in part that he was targeted by the los angeles police department because he reported a fellow officer for kicking a suspect and using excessive force. in another incident.he says neck after hearing him he says he now wishes he had simply shot the man. now, dorner writes "i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in l-ap-d uniform w

christopher dorner is a former los angeles police officer and he's suspected of killing three people.imberly tere joins us from the newsroom with the latest on the search including an update from police that just came into our newsroom. >> reporter: los angeles police say they will reopen the investigation into the firing of then officer christopher dorner, which happened exactly four years ago today. it was ann incident that investigators believe led to the killing of three people. >> it is an injustice collective. he collects injustices and never lets them go. evidently they finally reach the tipping pointing that led to the series of violent acts the last several days. >> reporter: police continue to search the snowy big bear lake resort for 33-year-old christopher dorner. his burned-out pickup truck was found there thursday. >> my understanding is that the car got stuck in the mud up there, so there was some thought that it was a diversion to draw our attention 80 miles outside of los angeles, but there was some speculation that he actually got stuck and it was unintended. >> repo

tonight >> judge jeanine: she was a chief psychologist for the los angeles police department. dr. debbie glaser joins me from los angeles. thanks for being with us. now -- >> you're welcome. >> judge jeanine: dorner was fired from the l.a. police department in 2008. why is he snapping now? >> that is a good question. i would suspect that there was something that has oh o curbd that has caused him to snap now. maybe it was looking for a job. maybe it was an issue with a relationship. i tonigh don't know. but i would suspect that something happened. >> judge jeanine: and doctor, you have dealt with a lot of l.a.p.d. issues and problems. >> right. >> judge jeanine: and you a lot of experience. you are well versed in this. can you tell us whether or not dorner is someone who, you know, should have been identified as being dangerous? i mean does something like this just happen? >> there is no way, unfortunately, for anybody psychologists included to predict who s going be dangerous and who s not. all police officers in the state of california are given a preemployment psychological scre

manhunt. >> reporter: the manhunt continues for accused cop killer for christopher dorner the los angeles police chief is reopening the investigation into his firing from the force. >> he wants to ensure that the public knows that the los angeles police department is fair and transparent. >> it is alleged online, he claims he was wrongfully terminateding for reporting police abuse vowing revenge by killing officers and their families. abc news has learned that he taunted a victim's family after the shooting spree. >> it's warfare. >> four days after she and her fiance were gunned down, federal documents showed a man called the father a retired police officer and said he should have done a better job in protecting his daughter. he represented him during his termination. then dorner shot three officers on thursday, killing one and then vanished. >> just because we haven't heard from mr. dorner doesn't mean that she not dangerous. >> the search appears to have gone cold with police still scouring the mountains east of los angeles where his burned out truck was found. law enforcement officials tell

. >>> los angeles police have spent countless hours over the past week investigating one of their own. coming up at 5:43 a live report from the los angeles police headquarters to hear more about the final hours of one of the largest man hunts in state history. >>> time now 5:36. over night news more than 100 workers were evacuated in san lorenzo because of a ammonia leak. it happened at 10:00. the fire officials told ktvu that there was a ammonia leak inside a refridguation unit. 150 employees had to be evacuated. the hazmat situation lasted three hours and no one was hurt. >>> police in dublin are investigating reports of shots fired at a car on a freeway. here's video of an suv with at least three bullet holes in the rear passenger door. the driver told authorities someone started shooting while he was exiting westbound 580 and highway 84. he pulled over into a shopping center. one person was taken to the hospital. but we are not sure of their injuries. >>> new this morning pope benedict made his first public appearance since announcing he is stepping down as leader of the catholic

he was fired from the los angeles police department. tonight. police are searching high and low to flush him out. and to try and stop him from killing again. grant lodes joins us now. with the latest developments grant? >> reporter: right now swat team members have rifles drawn.they're walking the san bernardino mountains near big bear ski resport. more than 100 other officers are going door to door in the area.searching for christopher dorner. the search is focused there because dorner's burnt pick-up truck was found in the area earlier today. kron four's charles clifford continues our team coverage with a look at the difficult task of searching for a dangerous man in the snowy san bernardino mountians. >> reporter: big bear is about 100 miles east of downtown los angeles, in the san bernardino mountains. this is a view looking north across the area, big bear city sits here and just to the south of town is the bear mountain ski resort. now christopher dorner's burned out truck was found along a dirt road roughly a couple milesto the southwest of

in fact, more than 40 special protection details have been sent out from the los angeles police departmentprotect people. so they're worried that he will show up. not just at some of these homes but also at police facilities. they have beefed up security at police headquarters, at the police academy, at all police stations. and, in fact, they're not even allowing motorcycle officers to go out because they're afraid that they're more vulnerable and al patrol carsow ar staffed by two, not one, officer. >> suarez: you mentioned the large number of personnel being devoted to this task, this search. but southern california is a vast area and, of course, parts of western arizona as well. how do you look for a guy? have police described what they're up to in keeping an eye out for mr. dorner? >> well, first of all you put a lot of resources on it, a lot of manpower, and that's what they've done. but one official mentioned the anti-terrorism center here in southern california, the joint regional intelligence center, that that septemberer is the one that sent out sort of the all points bulletin for

current oakland police consultant bill bradden was the los angeles police chief at that time. >> a lotlice officers got discharged and none of them resorts to the actions this man has taken. >> he complimented several celebrities for their looks and accomplishments. now you can read dorners entire manifesto at ktvu.com. we are obviously monitoring the man hunt and bring you updates throughout the morning. >>> in vallejo three family members are expected to survive but that is after being shot during a home invasion attack that police say appears to be random. he was at work at the time but his brother, sister, and mother were all shot by the invaders. now he showed us his sister's bedroom door which was kicked in, a bullet hole left in the wall. investigators say two gunmen forced their way into the home yesterday morning at about 3:40. >> they were all carrying guns and basically their intention was to kill everybody in the family. they didn't take nothing. they didn't want any witnesses. >> his brother who was shot in the face suffered the most serious injuries. he seys the family wa

it was four years ago today that he was fired from the los angeles police department. investigators say they believe that dismissal is what led to the murderous rampage. so far three people have been killed. two others injured. investigators released a new image of dorner taken january 28th by a security camera at a hotel in orange county. the search for him continues today in the snowy mountains in big bear lake where investigators found his burned-out truck. >> my understanding is that the car got stuck in the mud up there. so there was some thought that there was a die versiversion to attention, but there was some speculation that he got stuck there. >> turn yourself in. turn yourself in because we will find you. you have disgraced the public safety, the police profession, turn yourself in. >> profilers don't believe dorner will give up. he is suspected in the shooting death of a police officer a university security officer and his fiance, the daughter of a retired l.a. police captain. that captain is named in dorner's online manifesto declaring war on the people he

jim spellman has the latest from outside the los angeles police department. >> christopher dorner the former police officer turned murder. >> it is difficult to identify the remains of someone in the building. that could take weeks. it will be a forensic dental analysis. >> he was spotted driving in the area by california fish and game officer. >> i noticed a white truck driving erratically at a high rate of speed. because he was drawn to this erratic behavior he took a good look at the driver. >> the suspect fired on him before carjacking another car and retreating into the woods into a cabin. >> to sheriff's deputies were shocked one later died. >> this is a very difficult day for law enforcement. >> the swat team stormed the cabin and smoke the devices were detonated. tuesday marked the final finale to a violent killing spree that started a week ago. >> the suspect was out to avenge his firing from the police department. the suspect went after the families of police. >> he fired on four different police officers onto different encounters killing one. >> reporting live from lapd hea

media is reporting that a former los angeles police officer is now believed to be barricaded in a cabin and involved with a gun battle with police. christopher dorner has been eluding authorities in days. bbc is in los angeles. i know this is ongoing. what more do you know about the standoff? >> they reported a vehicle had been stolen and that the suspect lived very much like christopher dorner. it seems there was some sort of chase and he left the vehicle. he ran into the woods and then barricaded himself into a cabin. there was a shootout with police. gunfire was exchanged between the two sides. two officers have been injured and are being airlifted to the hospital. at the moment we believe the standoff is continuing. he is an barricaded inside a cabin in big bear which is a ski resort to the northeast of los angeles where authorities have believed all along he was probably hiding. that is where his burned out vehicle was found on thursday of last week. >> we have some of the audio recordings. there is an extraordinary amount of gunfire going on. to remind us of what gripe he had with

. >>> also tonight, the los angeles police chief says he will reopen the disciplinary proceedings thatris dorner's firing and look into what may have insure gaited it. >> he is not opening it because of the accusations or the musings of someone who is a multiple murderer. he wants to do it because he wants tone sure that the public knows that the los angeles police department is fair and transparent. >> dorner alleged that he was wrong fallly fired after alleging that his partner used excessive force in an arrest. >>> there are still no signs of christopher dorner. they believe dorner is heighting out in east los angeles. more on the latest developments from los angeles. >> reporter: california authorities say that the search for fired los angeles cop christopher dorner is the most significant man hunt in the state's history. they say they have discovered new clues left behind in dorner's abandoned burned out pickup truck. cps found that dorner had two long range rifles, cold is viefer gear, gas mask. he says he is out for revenge in the 2008 firing from the lapd. l.a. police chief tol