Police release security camera stills of a fugitive former police officer accused of killing three people, as snow slows down the manhunt. Sarah Charlton reports.
CHARLIE Sheen has pleaded with the rogue cop on the run to call him, as hundreds of police and bloodhounds scour mountains, wary of traps set.
The 'Anger Management' star has released a video message via gossip website TMZ.com asking former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) employee Christopher Dorner, who is the target of a massive manhunt in California and is accused of killing three people including a cop, to contact him to talk things out.
The former 'Two And A Half Men' actor - who was praised by the ex-cop, thanked the suspect for his "kind words" but asked the man to make contact, saying: "You mentioned me in your manifesto, so thank you for your kind words. I am urging you to call me. Let's figure out together how to end this thing."
The 47-year-old actor was one of a number of celebrities, including TV chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, 'Inglourious Basterds' star Christopher Waltz and comedian Larry David, mentioned in Dorner's "uncensored manifesto", which he posted online earlier this week.
In his message to Charlie, the ex-cop said: "Charlie Sheen, you're effin awesome. (sic)"
Dorner is still currently at large and has been labelled as a "very dangerous individual."
Charlie has had several brushes with the law in the past relating to domestic violence and drugs but he is said to be eager to help law enforcement bring the ex-cop out of hiding.
Los Angeles police say they will reopen the disciplinary proceedings that led to the firing of a former US officer who's wanted in three killings over the past several days.
Commander Andrew Smith said on Saturday that the department will reopen the investigation that apparently has led Christopher Dorner to seek revenge against former LAPD colleagues who he believed cost him his law enforcement career.
Dorner alleged in an online manifesto that he was wrongly fired for reporting that his training officer used excessive force.
Police Chief Charlie Beck told KCBS-TV the department will thoroughly re-examine Dorner's allegation to ensure the public that the LAPD is fair and transparent.
He said if Dorner wants to surrender, the LAPD will "be happy to hear what he has to say."
The actor recorded a short video message for the gunman at the centre of a manhunt in California, asking him to contact Sheen and sort it out. Fox News
So far, all that was left were footprints leading away from Christopher Dorner's burned-out truck, and an enormous, snow-covered mountain where he could be hiding among the skiers, hundreds of cabins and dense California woods.
More than 100 officers have been searching San Bernardino Mountains since Thursday for Christopher Dorner, 33, who has threatened in a chilling online manifesto to target police officers and their families in revenge for his sacking five years ago.
Actor Charlie Sheen has called on the rogue cop to call him. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The manhunt continued overnight, when heavy snow began falling in and around Big Bear, two hours east of Los Angeles, with a couple of reported sightings but still no sign of Dorner, described as armed and "extremely dangerous."
With bloodhounds in tow, officers went door to door as snow fell, aware they could be walking into a trap set by the well-trained former US Navy reservist who knows their tactics as well as they do.
This image provided by the Irvine Police Department shows Christopher Dorner from surveillance video at an Orange County, California, hotel. (AP Photo/Irvine Police Department)
"The bottom line is, when he decides that he is going to make a stand, the operators are in great jeopardy,'' said T. Gregory Hall, a retired tactical supervisor for a special emergency response team for the Pennsylvania State Police.
As heavy snow fell in the mountains, thousands of heavily armed police remained on the lookout throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and northern Mexico.
A huge manhunt is underway in southern California for a former LA police officer who allegedly killed three people.
Police said officers were guarding more than 40 people mentioned as targets in a rant they said Dorner posted on Facebook. He vowed to use ``every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordinance and survival training I've been given'' to bring ``warfare'' to the Los Angeles Police Department and its families.
The manhunt had Southern California residents on edge. Some law enforcement officials speculated that he appeared to be everywhere and nowhere, and that he was trying to spread out their resources.
Law enforcement officials spent all night searching the snowy mountains of Southern California for accused cop killer and former Los Angeles officer, Christopher Dorner.
The focus was on the mountains east of Los Angeles - a snowy wilderness, filled with deep canyons, thick forests and jagged peaks. Bad weather grounded helicopters with heat-sensing technology.
Property records show his mother owns undeveloped land nearby, but a search of the area found no sign of him.
A San Bernardino County sheriff's helicopter searches for former Los Angeles officer Christopher Dorner in Big Bear Lake, California.
"The snow is great for tracking folks as well as looking at each individual cabin to see if there's any signs of forced entry,'' said San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon.
In his online rant, Dorner seemed to taunt authorities.
Christopher Dorner in an undated photo wearing a military uniform.
"I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving,'' he wrote.
Authorities said they did not know how long Dorner had been planning the rampage. Even with training, days of cold and snow can be punishing.
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.
"Unless he is an expert in living in the California mountains in this time of year, he is going to be hurting,'' said former Navy SEAL Clint Sparks, who now works in tactical training and security.
Jamie Usera, an attorney who befriended Dorner when they were college students, said he introduced him to the outdoors and taught Dorner about hunting and other outdoor activities.
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper received a parcel from the former police officer now a wanted man.
"Of all the people I hung out with in college, he is the last guy I would have expected to be in this kind of situation,'' Usera told the Los Angeles Times.
Others saw Dorner differently. Court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday show an ex-girlfriend of Dorner's called him ``severely emotionally and mentally disturbed'' after the two split in 2006.
Police respond in Riverside after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect.
Dorner served in the Navy, earning a rifle marksman ribbon and pistol expert medal. He was assigned to a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records. He took leave from the LAPD for a six-month deployment to Bahrain in 2006 and 2007.
Last Friday was his last day with the Navy and also the day CNN's Anderson Cooper received a package that contained a note on it that read, in part, "I never lied.'' A coin typically given out as a souvenir by the LAPD police chief was also in the package, riddled with bullet holes.
Monica Quan (pictured) and her fiance Keith Lawrence were found shot to death on Sunday night.
On Sunday, police say Dorner shot and killed a couple in a parking garage. The woman was the daughter of a retired police captain who had represented Dorner in the disciplinary proceedings that led to his firing in 2008.
According to documents from a court of appeals hearing, Dorner was fired after he made a complaint against his field training officer, saying that said that in the course of an arrest, she kicked suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia.
This image provided by the Irvine Police Department shows Christopher Dorner from surveillance video at an Orange County hotel in California. (AP Photo/Irvine Police Department)
Richard Gettler, the schizophrenic man's father, gave testimony that supported Dorner's claim. After his son was returned home on July 28, 2007, Richard Gettler asked ``if he had been in a fight because his face was puffy'' and his son responded that he was kicked twice in the chest by a police officer.
Hours after authorities identified Dorner as a suspect in the double murder, police believe Dorner shot and grazed an officer and then used a rifle to ambush two police officers early Thursday, killing one and seriously wounding the other.
The incident led police to believe he was armed with multiple weapons, including an assault-type rifle.
Law enforcement officials said they will continue to search for Dorner through the weekend.
Since Dorner has been on the run, his story has spread across social media. Twitter has been filled with references to chilling moments in Cape Fear, Rambo, The Deer Hunter, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Fugitive. Facebook pages also emerged showing support for him as a rebel.
Mobile phone footage of the alleged truck belonging to murder suspect Chris Dorner that was found abandoned and burned-out by police. YouTube/pewpism (Greg Tait)
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