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| Body found after California cabin shootout | Body found after California cabin shootout |
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| A body has been found in a burnt mountain cabin in California where a man believed to be a ex-policeman accused of three murders had mounted a last stand against police, reports say. | A body has been found in a burnt mountain cabin in California where a man believed to be a ex-policeman accused of three murders had mounted a last stand against police, reports say. |
| This comes after a shoot-out in which a local sheriff's deputy was killed and another injured. | |
| Smoke and flames were later seen rising from the cabin in the Big Bear area, as a police Swat team went in. | Smoke and flames were later seen rising from the cabin in the Big Bear area, as a police Swat team went in. |
| The gunman was believed to be Christopher Dorner, 33. | The gunman was believed to be Christopher Dorner, 33. |
| He had reportedly sworn revenge on police officers he blamed for his sacking in 2008. | |
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| As darkness fell here at Big Bear ski resort, police blocked the icy road leading up over the mountains and to the house where Christopher Dorner appeared to have made his last stand. | |
| The pursuit began at a small holiday cabin near the road block - in the centre of the town where Dorner's truck was found burned out last week and where police have spent days going house to house searching for him. | |
| It's thought he had been hiding out all that time - holding two women captive. A local said they didn't live here but were on holiday. | |
| Dorner stole a car and headed off into the hills, dumping the vehicle and barricading himself into a lodge, exchanging fire with police. | |
| If the forensic teams find that the body in the burnt-out house is indeed Dorner it will bring to an end one of the biggest police manhunts in Californian history. | |
| Reports in US media quoted law enforcement sources as saying that the charred body was found on Tuesday evening and a forensic examination was now under way. | |
| It was not immediately clear how long the identification process might take. | |
| The authorities earlier confirmed that there was gunfire before the cabin was seen on fire. | |
| Reports say the police fired tear gas into the cabin and used a loudspeaker to urge the gunman to surrender. | |
| A single gunshot was later heard inside the building. | |
| At a news conference, Cindy Bachman of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department confirmed that one of the wounded sheriff's deputies had died in the exchange of fire. | |
| "He was pronounced dead in hospital," she said. | |
| Police were alerted after a man matching Dorner's description reportedly broke into a house and tied two people up before making off in a stolen vehicle. | |
| The suspect then abandoned the car, ran into the forest and barricaded himself inside the cabin. | |
| The exchange of gunfire occurred at about 12:45 local time (20:45 GMT). | |
| The search moved to the area of Big Bear Lake, a ski resort 80 miles (130km) east of Los Angeles, last Thursday after the suspect's burnt-out truck was found there. | |
| LA officials had offered a $1m (£630,000) reward for information leading to his arrest. | |
| The authorities earlier said that the former officer with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was suspected of killing three people, including a policeman. | |
| Police have been protecting about 50 families, many belonging to former LAPD colleagues, against whom Dorner had vowed revenge for allegedly ruining his career. | |
| In an online manifesto, Dorner, a former US Navy reservist, suggested that racism was rife in the LAPD. |