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Christopher Dorner shootout: 1 deputy killed, 1 wounded, sources say
The Los Angeles Times ^ | February 12, 2013

Posted on 02/12/2013 4:47:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

One of the deputies involved in a gun battle Tuesday afternoon with fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner has died of his wounds, law enforcement sources told The Times.

The San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy was airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to the sources.

Another deputy was also wounded in the shootout near a cabin where Dorner was believed to be holed up in the snow-covered mountains near Big Bear. His condition was not immediately known.

The afternoon gun battle in which hundreds of rounds were exchanged was part of a quickly changing situation that began after Dorner allegedly broke into a home, tied up a couple and held them hostage before fleeing with their white pickup truck, authorities said.

Then Dorner was allegedly spotted by state Fish and Wildlife officers in the pickup truck, sources said. A vehicle-to-vehicle shootout ensued. The officers' vehicle was peppered with multiple rounds, according to authorities...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; chrisdorner; christopherdorner; copbashingonfr; copkiller; crime; donutwatch; dorner; goodriddance; keywordtrolls; lapd; losangeles; massmurderer; officerdown; rambro; sanbernadino; shootout
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To: Big_Harry

Well, its certainly a good training video for any idiot thinking of taking on an army of police and all the resources at their disposal.


21 posted on 02/12/2013 5:22:20 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Secret Agent Man
Anyone who spent more than a year in the service at any level, much less a commissioned officer who was in a riverene unit, should be able to run circles around the average non-veteran police officer. But he's up against thousands of police.
22 posted on 02/12/2013 5:23:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: Big_Harry
any idiot that thinks he will be able to defend his house

A. They haven't got him yet. B. The best way to defend a fixed position is from outside the fixed position.

/johnny

23 posted on 02/12/2013 5:25:00 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: skeeter
I doubt they’d be sure that he got away at this point. If they’re allowing fire trucks in they have his body.

Chances are they won't let firefighters in while they fear ammo cooking off and possible propane tanks blowing.

..add to that, they are probably more than happy to just contain the fire (which shouldn't be hard in an area with snow on the ground) and go in later and look for the bones.

He killed a decent local Sheriff's deputy on the way out and wounded another...that stinks.
24 posted on 02/12/2013 5:26:01 PM PST by DJlaysitup
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To: All; skeeter

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


25 posted on 02/12/2013 5:26:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: JRandomFreeper
B. The best way to defend a fixed position is from outside the fixed position.

Agreed but they said (albeit on CNN) that there was an exchange of gunfire from inside the cabin against tactical officers who had by then surrounded the cabin (after the deputies got shot). If that's they case it sounds like Dorner is now burnt toast.

Of course it's early and the story will likely change - who knows - Jessica Lynch may end up being the hero.
26 posted on 02/12/2013 5:31:17 PM PST by DJlaysitup
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To: Principled

Pretty much...it might be quit the surprise when the entire neighborhood turns out for ‘mutual aid’.


27 posted on 02/12/2013 5:35:00 PM PST by 556x45
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To: JRandomFreeper

Never fix your position. Never assault civilians. Work alone and work quietly.


28 posted on 02/12/2013 5:38:57 PM PST by Big_Harry (Ecc10:2 "A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left")
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To: DJlaysitup

I’ll bet the owner of the cabin is delighted as she watches it burn up on TV. Just as well. If the guy died and the cabin stood, then it would forever be known as the cabin of the shootout. Hope she has it insured.


29 posted on 02/12/2013 5:43:26 PM PST by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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To: Big_Harry

I guess it never occurred to you those “idiots” aren’t planning to do it all by their lonesomes (eyeroll).


30 posted on 02/12/2013 5:45:11 PM PST by papertyger
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
fleeing with their white pickup truck

...hmmm.

31 posted on 02/12/2013 5:45:24 PM PST by Dartman (Mubarak and Gaddafi are going to look like choirboys when this is over)
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To: flaglady47

THe black smoke now coming from the cabin would indicate that POL is burning.
Before it was grey wood smoke. It will be a long time before they can sift the ashes for his remains.


32 posted on 02/12/2013 5:47:06 PM PST by Oldexpat
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To: flaglady47
"I’ll bet the owner of the cabin is delighted as she watches it burn up..."

Maybe not, if not insured. Yet you can bet there will be a lawsuit, and the taxpayers will have to foot the bill.

33 posted on 02/12/2013 5:48:45 PM PST by Ron C.
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To: JRandomFreeper

“B. The best way to defend a fixed position is from outside the fixed position.

/johnny “

Especially when you know their habit of setting fire to said fixed positions. Don’t get me wrong, the POS needs killing, just commenting on LEO tactics


34 posted on 02/12/2013 5:50:14 PM PST by Figment
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To: Big_Harry

That isn’t the way we fight. Booby traps. Watch house from outside. neighbors join. We don’t have everything figured out,but just shooting into a horde of armed anything is just committing suicide. And, as Churchill said, fight anyway, even if you know you may lose, because living under tyranny is not an option.


35 posted on 02/12/2013 5:50:14 PM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Figment
He needed killing when he ambushed the innocents.

Everyone is carefully watching how the tactics on both sides play out.

/johnny

36 posted on 02/12/2013 5:54:33 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: DJlaysitup

“He killed a decent local Sheriff’s deputy on the way out and wounded another...that stinks.”

Everything about this case stinks. The police killed, the police family killed, the innocent civilians attacked by police... The outcome of this is going to be ugly from every angle.


37 posted on 02/12/2013 5:54:43 PM PST by Figment
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To: Boomer One

There was a basement at the cabin and he did fill some scuba tanks prior to his “evil escapades”. Could he be in the basement breathing from a tank? I would think the heat would be really bad. In all likelihood he is toast.


38 posted on 02/12/2013 5:59:51 PM PST by bubbacluck
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
KFI AM 640 ‏@KFIAM640 KFI will not carry the State of the Union address due to continuing coverage of #Dorner manhunt. You can listen to it live on @ktlkam1150.
39 posted on 02/12/2013 6:02:11 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: All

Impossible that ‘hundreds’ of rounds were fired...I’ve been told over and over by politicians and the press that we only need a few bullets to end an altercation.


40 posted on 02/12/2013 6:13:38 PM PST by SpitfyrAce
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