Breaking: Fugitive Chris Dorner “pinned down” by California police
posted at 5:01 pm on February 12, 2013 by Allahpundit
Via Ace, two cops have already been shot but Dorner’s reportedly “pinned down” so the end, hopefully, is near. Details are sketchy right now: The word on cable news is that Dorner broke into someone’s cabin, tied up the couple that owned it, and was then intercepted by police shortly afterward. He may or may not have opened fire at a roadblock. Here’s the live feed from Big Bear. Stand by for updates.
Update: Dorner now holed up in a cabin and surrounded?
Update: More from the LA Times:
The shooting occurred after Dorner burglarized a home, tied up a couple and stole a white pickup truck, sources said. San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller confirmed deputies responded to a vehicle theft about 12:20 p.m., and the resident who reported the theft said the suspect matched Dorner’s description.
The U.S. Forest Service confirms there was an exchange of gunfire between officers on foot and the suspect, in the Santa Ana River drainage, north of State Highway 38 and south of Big Bear Valley. At least one officer of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife was involved, said John Miller, San Bernardino National Forest spokesman. That officer is not believed to be injured.
Hundreds of cops had searched for him on the mountain in the last few days. Where was he hiding?
Update: At long last, civilization mercifully comes to an end:
CBS LA just said that Dorner supporters have shown up in Big Bear with signs. Unreal.
— John Ekdahl, Jr. (@JohnEkdahl) February 12, 2013
Update: One of the cops shot by Dorner has reportedly died. Meanwhile, here’s what MSNBC is talking about.
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You mean the sequester O’bozo agreed too, right?
WryTrvllr on February 12, 2013 at 5:37 PM
I imagine its basically a unanimous cheerleading squad over on Democratic Underground.
farsighted on February 12, 2013 at 5:38 PM
you getting ready for tonight?
we are counting on you
*clink*
cmsinaz on February 12, 2013 at 5:38 PM
I wouldn’t trust any Minnesotan with even one bullet…Franken…Ventura…
cozmo on February 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM
If Obama had a son he would be like Dorner.
Sherman1864 on February 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM
Besides, with 1.6 billion hollowpoints stashed, they might actually be able to make sure he shows up for his MSNBC gig.
WryTrvllr on February 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM
Nah, even LoInFos aren’t that stupid. Maybe, a NoInFo. :-)
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 5:40 PM
Do you mean our new SoS Kerry will be reporting for “doody”?
onlineanalyst on February 12, 2013 at 5:40 PM
tingles is asking about the manifesto now…i guess he’s waiting for the lib head to say that dorner liked him
cmsinaz on February 12, 2013 at 5:41 PM
Nah, you guys overlook one thing: Obama’s Ego
Pic of the (A Bygone Yester)Day: If Obama Had A Son, He Would Not Look Like Trayvon or Dorner
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 5:42 PM
If this standoff lasts…
Media: SOTU vs Dorner?
mjbrooks3 on February 12, 2013 at 5:42 PM
I recall the slow rolling white Bronco with OJ and his bud. It came during a Rockets play-off game in one of the years they won it all.
It would make my day to have Obooba get pre-empted..
DanMan on February 12, 2013 at 5:42 PM
No. Dorner had a pair. A couple of hours ago.
WryTrvllr on February 12, 2013 at 5:43 PM
Dorner will get MUCH higher ratings. I’ll watch. SOTU? Not so much.
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 5:43 PM
Good point..
Obama must have order Hellfire to be used by now..
Electrongod on February 12, 2013 at 5:43 PM
I don’t think that obama can really use this because Dorner is black, and a hero to liberals, radicals and criminals (obama’s base) – obama might just have to avoid mentioning Dorner all together. This is one crisis that obama may have to let “go to waste”.
Pork-Chop on February 12, 2013 at 5:43 PM
Obama loves (not the crimes but) to mention gun or police incidents that support his narrative, like Trayvon Martin, Henry Louis Gates, Sandy Hook, and so on. And here we have a crazy black liberal shooting at law enforcement, where Obama can NOT enjoy identifying with one side or the other, or say “it could have been Sasha or Malia as a victim”.
So, what, if ANYTHING, will Obama say about it when this is all over? What “lesson” will he try to teach us? I can’t imagine. But he’ll come up with something.
Paul-Cincy on February 12, 2013 at 5:44 PM
not gonna happen…he is the ONE…lsm will be there for him
cmsinaz on February 12, 2013 at 5:44 PM
You know the answer to that.
PatriotGal2257 on February 12, 2013 at 5:44 PM
I think he means the sequester that was ALL obozo’s idea.
Of course, now it’s being played that it was “just a threat. Not meant to be a real part of the budget.
Maybe lil barry didn’t read the part of Alinsky about ‘empty threats’.
Looka like lil barry’s chickens are home to roost.
Solaratov on February 12, 2013 at 5:44 PM
Hmmm…KTLA in L.A. just had an interview with a lady from the local school district up there-1 school about 7 miles from the shootout is still in lockdown but the other schools in the district are now no longer on lockdown.
She also casually mentioned that since last week all of the schools in the district have had armed police officers stationed in them. Curious how the Democrat Media was afraid to tell us that!
Del Dolemonte on February 12, 2013 at 5:44 PM
….not even if you were on fire.
portlandon on February 12, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Good to see Feinstein has the solution. All the cops around Big Bear should put all their guns away immediately. Then, Dorner will just lay down his weapons and turn himself in, all before the SOTU show tonight.
Harbingeing on February 12, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Are you kidding? The One would send in a drone strike before the standoff had a chance to interrupt the precious SOTU.
visions on February 12, 2013 at 5:46 PM
Yeah, something off the cuff like “the police acted stupidly” followed by a pathetic “beer summit.”
visions on February 12, 2013 at 5:48 PM
One radio station says he may have escaped in a stolen police car? Unverified.
scalleywag on February 12, 2013 at 5:48 PM
B.O. to order drone strikes to end this before SOTU. Question is: who will be the recipients of the stikes. LEOs or B.O. “fan”?
Clink on February 12, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Not even John Hinderaker of Power Line?
Del Dolemonte on February 12, 2013 at 5:49 PM
Lol! ; )
Bmore on February 12, 2013 at 5:50 PM
Let’s call Janet Reno out of retirement.
Wigglesworth on February 12, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Robert Palmer parody?
Bmore on February 12, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Enough! with the idle chit-chat.
This is a serious political blog.
Solaratov on February 12, 2013 at 5:52 PM
That’s the way 0bama planned it.
When it comes to Minnesota, its better to err on the side of caution.
cozmo on February 12, 2013 at 5:52 PM
The couple’s home was surely a gun-free zone….
UltimateBob on February 12, 2013 at 5:53 PM
A split screen of the Dorner standoff and the SOTU where the drone attack that ends the standoff so that Dorner’s fans get a chance to see in real-time our Nobel Laureate’s policies in action while he is promising all the free birth control they can possibly use might make an impression.
Lily on February 12, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Just heard that speculation a couple of minutes ago on the radio, as I was driving back from the San Bernardino area. Crazy if it’s true.
MichaelGabriel on February 12, 2013 at 5:55 PM
So, what, if ANYTHING, will Obama say about it when this is all over? What “lesson” will he try to teach us?
–
Easy. This situation proves the need for more spending and higher taxes. For the police. For the people. For the children.
Those evil Rethuglikkkans must want PEOPLE TO DIE if they do not approve O’s demands for higher taxes and more spending.
Mayday on February 12, 2013 at 5:55 PM
He can because he is king.
/
CW on February 12, 2013 at 5:56 PM
From Twitchy:
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 5:56 PM
Possible hostage now?
rbj on February 12, 2013 at 5:56 PM
I don’t agree with what Dorner has done but I can’t really pull for the LAPD for the very same reasons. I mean they’re the ones that trained him to beat up and kill innocent people after all.
It seems to me that any conservative worried about their guns being taken away should be equally worried about the abuse inherent in the burgeoning police state we live in.
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 5:58 PM
Los Angeles officially becomes a Dystopian nightmare.
SWalker on February 12, 2013 at 5:59 PM
Abort Dorner
rsherwd65 on February 12, 2013 at 6:00 PM
O_o
ROFL
What?
Bishop on February 12, 2013 at 6:00 PM
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc85/Mamba1-0/Stet/tactical-scissors.jpg
:)
Solaratov on February 12, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Really? Need me to Google police abuse by the LAPD for you? Is that really necessary?
I mean they just shot up a truck with two women in it because…well they were brown and in a vehicle that looked kinda sorta like Dorner’s.
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:02 PM
Why. are there lots of children for kindling?
WryTrvllr on February 12, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:02 PM
Please tell me that you’re not trying to excuse Dorner. He is vermin in need of extermination…NOW!
annoyinglittletwerp on February 12, 2013 at 6:04 PM
I hope they take him alive. His left-wing rantings will be entertaining on his way to death-row.
Mallard T. Drake on February 12, 2013 at 6:04 PM
Just make sure they’re not the sharp pointy kind (that schools prohibit) – we don’t want anyone to get hurt.
dentarthurdent on February 12, 2013 at 6:05 PM
Mallard T. Drake on February 12, 2013 at 6:04 PM
It’s CA. If he’s caught alive he’ll die of old age before they ‘fry’ him. Now, if this was going on in Texas…
annoyinglittletwerp on February 12, 2013 at 6:06 PM
So they are NOT positive it is Dorner?! They don’t know if there is a hostage?! The officials are getting their information from a scanner?!
Lily on February 12, 2013 at 6:07 PM
I made it clear in my first post that I didn’t agree with what he’s done. I’m just saying that I also don’t agree with what the LAPD has done.
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:07 PM
If he surrendered and there is a trial, what will be the chance that he’ll be convicted by a LA jury?
galtani on February 12, 2013 at 6:09 PM
So do they teach the black cops to shoot white people because…well, they’re white?
What about the Asian cops, are they trained to shoot everyone, or is that too generalized? I mean do you think the Japanese-heritage cops are trained to shoot Chinese-heritage people?
You funny.
Bishop on February 12, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Time to cue up the Steely Dan tune yet?
Bmore on February 12, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Okay, you don’t like LA cops. But what about the guys/gals in San Bernadino that are having to deal with him now?
cozmo on February 12, 2013 at 6:11 PM
Obama is going to be pissed if the networks run a split screen tonight!!!
You could NOT pay me to watch him. I turn off the radio or TV when he’s on.
I’m boycotting his voice for the next four years.
PappyD61 on February 12, 2013 at 6:11 PM
Poor lobs; their hero’s almost out of time. I wonder how the aftermath will shake out, in terms of a racial backlash, perhaps.
Midas on February 12, 2013 at 6:12 PM
Heh, I think there’s almost no chance whatsoever this guy is brought in alive. Either he’ll take himself out or the cops will because they don’t want him alive to talk. Can you imagine the poo storm he’d start with a courtroom full of news media?
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:12 PM
I don’t know anything about them but I’m not pulling for him to kill any of them if that’s what you’re getting at.
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:13 PM
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:12 PM
Just like O.J. …another murdering swine.
kingsjester on February 12, 2013 at 6:13 PM
What about the dude whose truck they shot up? He was so white he was practically clear.
Lily on February 12, 2013 at 6:14 PM
Ummmm…The thread is about what Dorner has done, including murdering innocents in cold blood, what is being done about it, and what is happening to him now.
But you just can’t help yourself, can you?
farsighted on February 12, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Yea, sorry dude, this is HotAir, most of the commentators are good people, but utterly indoctrinated faithful little Marxists. The second you show any distrust of the police, you become public enemy number 1 around here.
SWalker on February 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM
Ditzy reporter giving Dorner intel on arrival of SWAT vehicles.
TexasDan on February 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM
That was Torrance PD, Lily.
Christien on February 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM
I bet Obama is on the phone and telling them to get this resolved before his speech. Two narcissists vying for the spotlight tonight.
ButterflyDragon on February 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM
lmao
Colourblindness must be an occupational hazard.
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM
Dorner has a kill list. Barack has a kill list.
Dorner is black. Barack is sometimes black.
Dorner wrote a manifesto. Barack believes in the communist manifesto.
Dorner seeks revenge. Barack seeks revenge.
Separated at birth?
madmonkphotog on February 12, 2013 at 6:17 PM
I never saw a full story about that one unfortunately. In any case, it’s just another example of their incompetence. Plus, if the bullet pattern in that shooting was anything like what they did to the other truck, it’s a clear illustration that they have no interest in seeing this guy brought in alive.
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:17 PM
Nice to see you putting that book I gave you to good use. Lol!
Bmore on February 12, 2013 at 6:19 PM
What a broad
assbrush you have.cozmo on February 12, 2013 at 6:19 PM
Not hardly. He’ll have his own t-shirt like Che. Liberal loonies will turn him into a “revolutionary” that is “fighting for the cause”. Not to mention all the racial stuff that’s going to come out of this regardless of how it plays out.
ButterflyDragon on February 12, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Nice to see you cozmo, do you tweet?
Bmore on February 12, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Benaiah,
Here is a full story. The LAPD didn’t do it, yet you claim that “in any case” it’s just another example of the LAPD’s incompetence.
IOW, it’s the LAPD’s fault, not the Torrance PD’s. *eyeroll* Somehow, I doubt Mr. Perdue’s attorneys are going to sue TPD, not LAPD.
Christien on February 12, 2013 at 6:21 PM
Torrance PD trains at LAPD facilities, specifically the live-fire range that has pop up targets of “brown” people only.
Bishop on February 12, 2013 at 6:22 PM
No, I ebay, more profitable.
Don’t even try to get me looking at tweety, ain’t gonna’ do it.
cozmo on February 12, 2013 at 6:23 PM
The Depraved, Ghoulish Left Cheers On Dorner As Shootout Continues
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 6:24 PM
; ) I’m doing a trail run. Wanted to see if I could get in touch with Flora. Had no other way. Yelling at her from here wasn’t working.
Bmore on February 12, 2013 at 6:25 PM
Well, the first two murders were in Irvine so he would be tried in Orange County. The murder of the policeman took place in the City of Riverside so that trial would in Riverside. He would be looking at special circumstances in both cases and both would be death penalty cases.
Captain Kirock on February 12, 2013 at 6:25 PM
trail=trial
Bmore on February 12, 2013 at 6:25 PM
The Depraved, Ghoulish Left Cheers On Dorner As Shootout Continues
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 6:26 PM
That was fast. Were they on standby, Big Bear isn’t exactly downtown.
Bishop on February 12, 2013 at 6:26 PM
Unlike some, I like to view the whole picture. Not just what’s hand fed to me.
I don’t understand this unquestioning loyalty some of you have to a group of people who, quite frankly, are more dangerous than many of the criminals they arrest. They protect and hide their more abusive members. Anyone that reports abuse is a “rat” and is ostracized by the rest of them. The internal group that investigates claims of abuse is called “the rat squad” by the rest of them. Even those caught breaking the rules are almost always put back on the street after short paid vacations. Not to mention that they spend more money being tax revenue lackeys for the state by handing out tickets than they do actually solving crimes.
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:26 PM
Baloney. The police can be plenty stupid and in this case may certainly be. Indiscriminately shooting women and skinny white guys who plainly do NOT match the description of the perp….stupid beyond belief.
But just because some of them are morons does NOT mean that these departments are racists. This whole thing has come about because Dorner has accused them of firing him because of racism. And THAT is why the Kos Kids and Democratic Underground bunch, et al are hailing him as a hero.
Lily on February 12, 2013 at 6:26 PM
Hell, no. Not while we still have Lefties jawing about “Free Mumia.”
PatriotGal2257 on February 12, 2013 at 6:27 PM
Then find something else to do. Preferably not on the internet ( I can’t write computer, I even draw my plans on a computer now). She will return when ready.
cozmo on February 12, 2013 at 6:27 PM
The Depraved, Ghoulish Left Cheers On Dorner As Shootout Continues
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Like I said, I hadn’t seen a full story on that shooting.
Benaiah on February 12, 2013 at 6:28 PM
So, the Freak Show has arrived.
Told ya so.
kingsjester on February 12, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Funny, most cop haters I’ve known tend to be incredibly stupid petty crooks.
katy the mean old lady on February 12, 2013 at 6:29 PM
There will be motions for a change of venue.
Mallard T. Drake on February 12, 2013 at 6:29 PM
CBS2: One deputy who was shot in the exchange of gunfire has died.
Resist We Much on February 12, 2013 at 6:30 PM
swalker
Yessiree, that’s a reasonable statement
/s
WitchDoctor on February 12, 2013 at 6:30 PM
There was too much bloodshed already. Dorner should come out peacefully and surrender on live TV during the SOTU speech.
galtani on February 12, 2013 at 6:30 PM
And now you have. In any case, now you’ve been proven wrong, despite the caveat.
Christien on February 12, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Since you insist on riding your hobby horse in a thread about a cornered deranged maniac on a killing spree, who exactly are you talking about? Be specific, so they can reply directly to you.
farsighted on February 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM
kingsjester on February 12, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Evenin’, Oh Great Sage.
annoyinglittletwerp on February 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM
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