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Here's Everything We Know About The Most Hunted Man In California

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Police are scouring the mountains at Big Bear winter resort 100 miles away from Los Angeles for a man accused of shooting three cops, one of whom died, and killing two civilians.

But how did Christopher Dorner become the most hunted man in California?

The DailyBreeze has a detailed story about Dorner's life. Here are the highlights, combined with what we know from other sources:

  • In an online manifesto posted before the attack, Dorner said he was the victim of racism beginning in first grade when he was a student at Norwalk Christian school in Norwalk, Calif., according to the Breeze. He wrote that he was the only "black kid" at the school and said he was often disciplined for fighting.

  • He detailed his first fight in his manifesto, according to the Breeze. "A fellow student called me a (racial epithet). My response was swift


    On February 3, 2013 a former LAPD officer, named Christopher Dorner, attacked and killed Monica Quan and her fiancé Keith Lawrence. This incident sparked a nine day manhunt for Dorner ending in suicide.

    Christopher Dorner was born June 4, 1979 in New York. He spent his childhood living in Los Angeles, transferring between multiple schools in the area. After graduating from Southern Utah University in 2001 Dorner joined the Navy reserve. On February 1, 2013, 2 days before he committed multiple homicides, he was honorably discharged from the Navy as a Lieutenant.

    While Christopher Dorner was in the Navy reserve he joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 2005 and completed his training in 2006. A year later in 2007 Dorner filed a report a Complaint against his training officer Teresa Evans for using excessive force against a mentally ill man whom they arrested. Dorner claimed that Evans kicked the person that they arrested in the face while he was on the ground in handcuffs. His claims could not be substantiated and so were dismissed. Dorner was fired from the LAPD in 200

    Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt

    2013 murders in California

    Christopher Jordan Dorner shootings and manhunt

    Los Angeles Police Department faculty photograph of Dorner

    LocationLos Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County
    DateFebruary 3–12, 2013
    TargetPolice officers and their families

    Attack type

    Siege, spree killing, shootout, domestic terrorism, murder-suicide
    Weapons
    Deaths5 (including the perpetrator)
    Injured6 (3 by the perpetrator, 2 by LAPD, 1 by Torrance P.D.)
    PerpetratorChristopher Jordan Dorner

    Christopher Jordan Dorner (June 4, 1979[2] – February 12, 2013) was a former officer of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) who, beginning on February 3, 2013, committed a series of killings against the LAPD in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County and San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California.[3] The victims were law enforcement officers and the daughter of a retired police captain. Dorner killed four people and wounded

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