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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Government employees lying is shocking to you?
They did keep saying over and over that the cabin he was hiding out in was "right across the street, about 150 yards from" the location where the police had set up their operations in Big Bear.
/bingo
“I guess it never occurred to you those idiots arent planning to do it all by their lonesomes (eyeroll).”
Until there is some organization to any resistance, you had better not group together in more than threes. One of you will be an informer.
Just imagine what 10 millions patriots could do in the event of a gun grab?
Prayers for the innocent victims whom the officers recklessly and dangerously shot, knowing they were driving vehicles not even *remotely* similar to the suspect’s vehicle.
Don't confuse the San Bernardino Mountains with Hollywood. It is a vast and rugged area with peaks as high as 10,000 feet. It is also very cold at night, and there can be a 10-foot snow pack. To top it off, it can be pea-soup foggy in the mornings. If this Dorner were as sharp as his media fan base thinks and he had real X-country skills, he could have holed up in there for months. He had no real plan. He had weapons and a sick racist grudge. After that, it looks as if it might have been catch-as-catch-can.
Where the cops failed, IMHO, was in their tactical field abilities, especially in cover and concealment, and perhaps marksmanship or inappropriate weapons (pistols at 200 yards?). Perhaps they threw TOO MANY people into the fight. Perhaps the F&G guys should not have engaged. Who knows?
We'll never get the full story
Don't confuse the San Bernardino Mountains with Hollywood. It is a vast and rugged area with peaks as high as 10,000 feet. It is also very cold at night, and there can be a 10-foot snow pack. To top it off, it can be pea-soup foggy in the mornings. If this Dorner were as sharp as his media fan base thinks and he had real X-country skills, he could have holed up in there for months. He had no real plan. He had weapons and a sick racist grudge. After that, it looks as if it might have been catch-as-catch-can.
Where the cops failed, IMHO, was in their tactical field abilities, especially in cover and concealment, and perhaps marksmanship or inappropriate weapons (pistols at 200 yards?). Perhaps they threw TOO MANY people into the fight. Perhaps the F&G guys should not have engaged. Who knows?
We'll never get the full story
I grew up in Chino.
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