Metro Police taking precautions as manhunt for ex-cop continues

Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 | 4:23 p.m.

Metro Police are putting a second officer in patrol cars as a safety precaution while the search continues for a former Los Angeles cop suspected of killing three people and targeting law enforcement, authorities said. The focus of the search for Christopher Dorner has been the area of Big Bear Lake, Calif., where the ex-officer’s burned-out pickup truck was discovered on Thursday. But Dorner owns a two-story house about nine miles southwest of the Las Vegas Strip, at 724 Loughton St., according to authorities and court records. Metro officers have been seeking any known friends or acquaintances of Dorner in ...

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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By Wolfdog

Feb. 9, 2013

6:41 a.m.

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Cowards.
By tomfranklin

Feb. 9, 2013

12:20 p.m.

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Hopefully metro won't start shooting up vehicles like the LAPD did! Sometimes nervous cops can be very dangerous! I bet he is no where even close to Vegas, most likely right in LA. Remember, he is not on the run, he is on the hunt!