police say dorner ditched that car, then carjacked rick heltebrake. >> he said i don't want to hurt you. just get out and start walking up the road and take your dog. >> reporter: coroner crashed the truck soon after that after another police chase and another gunfight. it appeared the cabin was his last stand. after a four hour standoff police prepared for the final assault. >> get the gas. >> reporter: the decision was made to use a powerful form of tear gas and ram the house with an armored vehicle. flames engulfed the cabin. the cause is still unclear. within minutes a single gunshot was heard. six more hours passed before police felt it was safe enough to begin looking for a body. we were up near the burned out cabin not too long ago. i spoke to a sheriffs deputy who said the forensic work is going along fairly quickly and they think people may be allowed back into the neighboring homes as soon as tomorrow night. they also think they may have an initial confirmation by tomorrow night that the body inside the burned out cabin is that of christopher dorner. live at big bear, david ja

camp ranger rick heltebrake was the next to encounter the elusive killer. >> driving up the side roadp, coming up to a right-hand curve. i noticed some movement in the trees to the left-hand side. before i could even process that, i saw mr. dorner coming out of the snow at me with a rifle pointed at my head. i stopped, put my truck into park, put my hands up. and he said, i don't want to hurt you. just get out and start walking up the road and take your dog. and i asked him if i could take my leash with me. he said no, just start walking. that's what i did. >> he said start walking. take your dog. what happened next? >> that's exactly what i did. i started walking up the road. i got up the road a little ways. 10, 15 seconds later and i heard a round of gunshots. >> don't miss this. you can watch the rest of randi kaye's special report, killer cop "inside the hunt for christopher dorner." >>> horse meat in school dinners shake the uk. we'll have more on the investigation that's already leading to arrests. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. s

. >> reporter: dorner crashed the car, then carjacked rick heltebrake. >> he pointed a gun at me, i an assault-type rifle. i stopped my truck, put it in park, raised my hands up. he said, "i don't want to hurt you. just get out." >> reporter: but dorner quickly dumped that second vehicle. on foot, deputies chased him into the woods. >> we have the suspect holed up in a cabin. >> reporter: 1: 15 p.m., another volley of gunfire. two deputies are hit. one is dead. >> we have an officer down. >> copy. another officer down. >> reporter: hundreds of rounds are exchanged between police and their suspect. a cbs news crew was just yards away from the firefight. the s.w.a.t. team arrived on scene. tear gas was fired through the window. >> it's the one with the smoke. the one with the smoke is the target cabin. >> reporter: an armored vehicle was called in to knock down the walls. the cabin caught fire, possibly caused by the tear gas grenades. dorner was still inside. police heard a single gunshot. >> shots fired from inside the residence. >> it would have been crazy for law enforcement officers

chased by police, he abandoned the stolen car, then up the road, police say dorner carjacked rick heltebrake. >> dorner jumped out of the snow at me, gun drawn, big, long rifle. so, i just stopped and put my truck in park and put my hands up. he pointed his gun at me and said, "i don't want to hurt you, just get out and start walking up the road and take your dog." >> reporter: dorner raced off again. this time, a fish and game warden spotted him and that officer engaged in a life or death shootout. >> dorner realized he had been recognized, rolled down his window, held the pistol out the window and shot at the two wardens in the follow vehicle. miraculously, never hit the two wardens who were inside. >> reporter: but police say dorner did shoot two other officers during his run yesterday, killing 35-year-old jeremiah mckay, who leaves behind a 7-year-old daughter and 4-month-old son. the former navy reservist then holed himself up in a cabin and here, in these usually quiet mountains, an intense fire fight broke out. police say they fired tear gas into the cabin -- >> burn the gas! burn the

and then rick heltebrake was kidnapped by standing by with his dog. leading was capture and conviction. sometimes, they say arrest and conviction. since nobody died, does anybody end up getting it? cnn's legal analyst jeffrey toobin and jeffrey jackson joining me now. let's start with you, jeff, can they get the reward or is that caveat really big? >> i think there's a difference between the left of the law and how the real world works. as a technical legal matter, i'm not sure there's a valid contract here. i'm not sure if they were to sue these people that they would actually get the reward. remember, the l.a. police department wants to be a good guy here. this money, these people suffered. very scary incidents. i think they can split the money these two people, be done with it. >> that's the reynolds but of course, this man, carjacked. listen to what he told our randi kaye about his plans if he didn't get the money? >> anybody ever believe he was going to be captured and convicted? i don't think so. i think they put that in as an out. i'm going to

. >> reporter: only to commandeer rick heltebrake's pickup. >> i stopped, put my truck in park. put my hands up. >> reporter: what he heard next, gunfire that sources say was also from the fugitive. [ gunfire ] this time, in a shoot-out with two approaching sheriff's deputies. dorner killed one and wounds another before once again fleeing. then, less than an hour later, residents report the sound of gunfire at a nearby cabin. as local news choppers hover overhead, s.w.a.t. teams surround dorner and begin firing. the melee broadcast live on kcbs. >> the shots you're hearing are all from guns and weapons that are being fired by law enforcement officers. >> reporter: by 2:00 p.m., smoke is pouring out of the building. then, flames. shortly before 5:00, reports of a s.w.a.t. team approaching a fire in an armored vehicle and injecting gas into the cabin. before reportedly peeling back the walls of that cabin like an onion. for days, police were holding news conferences right across the street from this location. but this morning, neighbors who live here are telling us that at least f

. >> reporter: that was rick heltebrake that was working at a nearby boy scout camp. he said dorner emerged from the foods and pointed a rifle at him. dorner also opened fire on fish and wildlife wardens and at sheriffs deputies. one officer was killed and another wounded in the gun battle. they eventually surrounded don earn in the cab -- surrounded dorner in the cabin. they heard one gunshot before the cabin caught fire. live in the newsroom i'm brian flores. >> one of the people killed by dorner will be laid to rest today. he was shot and killed last thursday. he leaves behind a wife and two children and thousands of people are expected to attend today's funeral including governor jerry brown. stay with us here at ktvu news and online at ktvu.com for continuing coverage. we will have updates on this investigation throughout the morning and throughout the day. >>> time is 6:06. in just about hoe three hour -- in just about three hours from now barry bonds is due back in the courtroom. he will ask the federal appeals court will throw out the obstruction of justice ch

. >> reporter: police say he carjacked a truck from rick heltebrake. he spoke to the los angeles radio station kfi. >> this guy jumped in and out front of me, pointed a rifle at me. i put my hands up and stopped. he said, i don't want to hurt you. just get out and start walking. >> reporter: officers pursued dorner. >> he held a pistol out the window and fired multiple shots. >> reporter: 30 miles away from the first capen, dorner now ditched the truck. on foot, in the woods, he reached a second cabin with two deputies in pursuit, another gunfight. this time, both officers were hit. one is killed. >> law enforcement is a very close-knit family. all law enforcement agencies is a brotherhood. so, this is a very difficult day. >> reporter: in the middle of it all, a cbs reporter found himself 200 feet from the firefight. still engaged in the gun battle, a tactical unit launched tear gas into the cabin. >> burners deployed and we have a fire. >> reporter: the cabin erupted in flames. a single gun shot was heard from inside the home. overnight, still no pos

. >> rick heltebrake, thank you for being here. we're so glad you're safe. thanks for sharing your story. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to turn to clint van zandt, former fbi profiler. as we understand it, christopher dorner was hiding out in a home across the street basically from the police command post. how can ta happen? >> many times you do a search you search the area closest to the command post first. you put a mark on the house and say we already searched it. that could have taken place and dorner could have circled around, perhaps at night, come back inside that house and realized he then had a perfect view of law enforcement and the media as to what's going on. he didn't need a tv. he was able to look out the window and see the activity around him. >> you've called him one of the most dangerous individuals law enforcement has had to deal with in a very long time. thank you for your perspective. appreciate it. >> sure. >>> passionate plea from president obama about gun control, among many other things, during his state of the union address. thi

rick heltebrake describes being car jacked by the rogue ex-cop. >> i felt in danger knowing what histed at my head. however, he said he didn't want to hurt him and i believed him. and he wanted me to get out of my truck and walk up the road with my dog and that's what i did. >> it's almost certain dorner died in a burning cabin on tuesday during a shootout with police. it could be days before the charred human remains are positively identified. at 8:30 eastern on "starting point" we'll talk about dorner and the many lingering questions about the police investigation. we'll be joined by former los angeles police chief, bill bratton. >>> the illinois senate is expected to vote today on valentine's day on a measure legalizing same-sex marriage in this state. that measure is expected to pass and democratic governor pat quinn has indicated he will sign it. if approved, illinois will be the tenth state to legalize same-sex marriage along with the district of columbia. >>> chuck hagel's nomination as defense secretary is facing a potential republican filibuster which prompted harry reid to

rick heltebrake came face-to-face with dorner and the end of his gun.ibe being carjacked by the rogue ex-cop. >> i felt endangered as far as knowing what his history was and i had a gun pointed at my head. he said he didn't want to hurt me and i believed him and he wanted me to get out of my truck and walk up the road with my dog and that's what i did. >> it is almost certain dorner died in a burning cabin tuesday after a shoot-out with police. it could be days before the charred human remains found inside the cabin are positively identified. >>> i want to update you on a breaking news story, deadly shooting at the ohm of oscar pistorius, his girlfriend reeva steenkamp shot multiple times and killed. we received this picture, piceoria leaving the police statio station. we saw him covering his head, pistorius is assisting the police with the investigation. police not yet confirming that the 26-year-old suspect they've charged with murder is pistorius, but we do know that pistorius and his girlfriend were the only two people at home at the time of the sho

near big bear lake, rick heltebrake says he was carjacked by dorner who came out of the trees while hehecked on a property. >> he came up to me with his gun pointed at me and i stopped my truck, put it in park, raised my hands and he said, i don't want to hurt you. just get out and start walking up the road and take your dog, which is what i did. >> reporter: a california fish and wildlife official tells us they believe dorner was driving a stolen car when he shot at two of their wardens as he passed them, damaging their vehicle. others in this area also crossed dorner's path. it was in this group of houses that dorner at one point encountered a couple cleaning one of the houses. he tied them up and stole their car. this was right across the street from one of the law enforcement command posts and a very popular ski resort where people are still feeling the anxiety over what happened. at bear mountain resort, where hundreds of skiers and snowboarders gather every day, one of the managers says people had been living in fear for days knowing that dorner was in the area. >> some of the em