LAPD to reopen probe into firing

Associated Press

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif.

The hunt in the snowy mountains for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings continued Saturday as police announced they will reopen the disciplinary proceedings that led to the fugitive’s firing.

Officials particularly will re-examine Christopher Dorner’s allegations that his law-enforcement career was undone by racist colleagues, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck told KCBS-TV. He also urged Dorner to surrender.

Authorities suspect Dorner in a series of attacks in Southern California over the past several days that left three people dead, including a police officer. Authorities say he has vowed revenge against several former LAPD colleagues who he blamed for ending his career.

A scaled-back search party took advantage of a break from stormy weather Saturday to hunt for Dorner in the San Bernardino mountains using heat-sensing helicopters.

Saturday was the third full day of the massive multiagency effort now centered on this resort town about 80 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles where Dorner’s burned-out pickup truck was discovered Thursday.

A law-enforcement officer said Saturday that authorities found weapons in the pickup truck.

The officer spoke on condition of anonymity.

Investigators have been examining the truck to determine if it broke down or was set ablaze as a diversion.