A huge manhunt is underway in southern California for a former LA police officer who allegedly killed three people.
LAW enforcement officials are inspecting a package sent to CNN's Anderson Cooper by a former Los Angeles police officer who allegedly killed three people in a shooting spree.
CNN spokeswoman Shimrit Sheetrit said that a parcel containing a note, a DVD and a bullet hole-riddled memento were sent by Christopher Dorner and addressed to Cooper's office.
LAPD Cmdr Andrew Smith said detectives will inspect the package for clues.
Police inspect a car riddled with bullets where a police officer was shot, and inset, the suspected shooter.
The package arrived on February 1, days before the first two killings Dorner is accused of.
It contained a note on it that read, in part, ''I never lied'' as well as ''a coin shot thru with bullet holes'', Cooper tweeted.
LA police have launched a full-scale manhunt for a dismissed officer believed to have killed three people.
The FBI and LAPD are going door-to-door on a massive hunt for a sacked policeman who's gone rogue after a burned-out pickup truck was found.
Christopher Jordan Dorner had posted a chilling online warning about "terminating" the life of a colleague he blamed for his dismissal, and threatening other police and their families.
Christopher Dorner in an undated photo wearing a military uniform.
The LA Police Department, backed up by other agencies including the FBI, said it was increasing protection for more than 40 people named in a "rambling" online manifesto by Dorner, a 33-year-old US Navy reservist.
A Californian mountain resort has ordered its schools to lockdown after reports that a burned-out pickup truck found near a Southern California ski resort belongs to Dorner, who is wanted for three murders.
"Based on investigations in our valley, and as a precautionary measure we have called a district-wide lock down of all our facilities," said a statement by the Bear Valley Unified School District.
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon says Christopher Dorner's truck was found near the Bear Mountain ski area at Big Bear Lake, about 128km east of Los Angeles.
The sheriff says Dorner has not been located but a door-to-door search is underway.
Thousands of law enforcement officers have been searching for Dorner.
A sign on Interstate 805 with information about the murder suspect.
"Dorner is considered to be armed and extremely dangerous," LAPD chief Charlie Beck told a news conference on Thursday, adding the suspect has "multiple weapons at his disposal, including assault rifles".
In fast-moving developments, media reports said a military base near San Diego was on lockdown, possibly as part of the manhunt. Beck declined to comment, but confirmed the threat was wider than just Los Angeles.
Heavily-armed police stand guard near a bullet riddled Los Angeles Police Department squad car in Corona, California.
"This is a vendetta against all of southern California law enforcement, and it should be seen as such," he said.
Dorner was already wanted over the suspected revenge killing on Sunday of a couple, Keith Lawrence and Monica Quan, who was the daughter of Randy Quan, a retired police officer he blamed for his firing.
A grey Nissan Titan pick-up truck believed to belong to Christopher Jordan Dorne seen in this photo from a surveillence camera, at a press conference at Los Angeles Police Department.
Then he allegedly attacked two other officers overnight in Riverside, east of Los Angeles, killing one and injuring the other. Another officer was injured in a separate incident.
In addition, two civilians were injured early Thursday when police officers opened fire on them in a vehicle they believed to be Dorner's. "Tragically we believe that this was a case of mistaken identity," said Beck.
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper received a parcel from the former police officer now a wanted man.
Dorner posted a multipage manifesto online on Monday, saying he was not afraid to die because he had already died when he was dismissed in September 2008 for making false statements about his training officer.
"I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, (so) I am terminating yours," he wrote to Randy Quan.
Police respond in Riverside after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect.
"Suppressing the truth will (lead) to deadly consequences for you and your family. There will be an element of surprise where you work, live, eat and sleep," he said, referring to Quan and several others.
The LAPD said it took the threats "very seriously" and promised "all measures possible to ensure the safety of our LAPD personnel, their families and the Los Angeles community".
Monica Quan (pictured) and her fiance Keith Lawrence were found shot to death on Sunday night.
Dorner is described as black, 180cm tall and weighing 120kg. He is said to be driving a grey Nissan pickup.
In his 20-page manifesto, published by ABC news and other media, Dorner said he was determined to clear his name.
"The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence, PUBLICLY
I will not accept any type of currency/goods in exchange for the attacks to stop... I want my name back, period. There is no negotiation."
He also singled out lesbians and Asians as targets.
"Those lesbian officers in supervising positions who go to work, day in day out, with the sole intent of attempting to prove your misandrist authority (not feminism) to degrade male officers. You are a high value target.
"Those Asian officers who stand by and observe everything I previously mentioned... You are a high value target as well," he wrote.
Beck said Dorner's police and military training made the threat all the more serious. "He knows what he's doing. We trained him ... he's also a member of the armed forces," he said.
"It is extremely worrisome and scary."
Asked what message he wanted to give Dorner, he said: "I would tell him to turn himself in. This has gone far enough. Nobody else needs to die."
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