Former US policeman sought in killings
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February 8, 2013, Friday
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A manhunt spread across southern California yesterday for a former Los Angeles police officer who has threatened to kill police, is being sought in two weekend killings and is a suspect in an overnight shooting that killed one officer and critically wounded another.
Authorities called Christopher Jordan Dorner "armed and dangerous" and said a threatening manifesto had been found.
San Diego police Sergeant Ray Battrick said Dorner's police badge and ID were found by a citizen near the city's airport and turned in to police.
Police say Dorner shot at two Los Angeles Police Department officers, grazing one, then ambushed two police officers at a separate location, killing one and critically wounding the other.
Dorner also is wanted in the killings of Monica Quan and her boyfriend Keith Lawrence, who were found killed in their car on Sunday night, Irvine police chief David Maggard said. Quan, 28, was an assistant women's basketball coach at a local university. Lawrence, 27, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.
Dorner, 33, implicated himself in those killings with a multi-page "manifesto" that included threats against several people, including members of the Los Angeles Police Department, police said. They gave no further details on the document.
"We have strong cause to believe Dorner is armed and dangerous," Maggard said, adding that police and FBI were assisting in the case.
Dorner was with the police department from 2005 until 2008, when he was fired.
According to documents from a court of appeals hearing in October 2011, Dorner was fired after he made a complaint against his field training officer Teresa Evans. Dorner said that in the course of an arrest, Evans kicked suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia.
Following an investigation, Dorner was fired for making false statements.
The schizophrenic man's father gave testimony that supported Dorner's claim.
Authorities called Christopher Jordan Dorner "armed and dangerous" and said a threatening manifesto had been found.
San Diego police Sergeant Ray Battrick said Dorner's police badge and ID were found by a citizen near the city's airport and turned in to police.
Police say Dorner shot at two Los Angeles Police Department officers, grazing one, then ambushed two police officers at a separate location, killing one and critically wounding the other.
Dorner also is wanted in the killings of Monica Quan and her boyfriend Keith Lawrence, who were found killed in their car on Sunday night, Irvine police chief David Maggard said. Quan, 28, was an assistant women's basketball coach at a local university. Lawrence, 27, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.
Dorner, 33, implicated himself in those killings with a multi-page "manifesto" that included threats against several people, including members of the Los Angeles Police Department, police said. They gave no further details on the document.
"We have strong cause to believe Dorner is armed and dangerous," Maggard said, adding that police and FBI were assisting in the case.
Dorner was with the police department from 2005 until 2008, when he was fired.
According to documents from a court of appeals hearing in October 2011, Dorner was fired after he made a complaint against his field training officer Teresa Evans. Dorner said that in the course of an arrest, Evans kicked suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia.
Following an investigation, Dorner was fired for making false statements.
The schizophrenic man's father gave testimony that supported Dorner's claim.
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