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Los Angeles police say no body found in cabin | Los Angeles police say no body found in cabin |
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Police in California have denied reports that a body was found in a burnt-out mountain cabin where a man believed to be an ex-policeman accused of three murders was holed up. | |
Forensic teams are yet to find and identify the body of the suspect in the charred wood. | |
But police said they were confident it was Christopher Dorner, the target of their manhunt. | |
This comes after a shoot-out in which a local sheriff's deputy was killed. | This comes after a shoot-out in which a local sheriff's deputy was killed. |
Another police officer is in hospital with injuries. The officers were wounded during a gunfire exchange with the suspect who had barricaded himself inside the cabin in California's Big Bear region. | |
Reports say the police then fired tear gas into the building and used a loudspeaker to urge the gunman to surrender. | Reports say the police then fired tear gas into the building and used a loudspeaker to urge the gunman to surrender. |
A single gunshot was later heard inside and the fire started spreading through the cabin. | A single gunshot was later heard inside and the fire started spreading through the cabin. |
Difficult search | |
There were initially reports that a burnt body had been found, but police said the cabin was "still too hot" and forensic teams were yet to search the charred cabin. | |
However the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said he was confident the man thought to have died inside the burnt-down cabin was former LAPD officer Chrisopher Dorner, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from Big Bear. | |
The gunman had reportedly sworn revenge on police officers he blamed for his sacking in 2008. | |
Forensic teams will find it difficult to go through the charred wood and if a body is found it could take some time before it is identified, our correspondent says. | |
At an earlier news conference, Cindy Bachman of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department confirmed that one of the wounded sheriff's deputies had died in an exchange of fire earlier on Tuesday. | |
"He was pronounced dead in hospital," she said. | "He was pronounced dead in hospital," she said. |
Police were alerted after a man matching Mr Dorner's description reportedly broke into a house and tied two people up before making off in a stolen vehicle. | Police were alerted after a man matching Mr 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 and ran into the forest. | The suspect then abandoned the car and ran into the forest. |
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. | 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. | 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. | 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 Mr Dorner had vowed revenge for allegedly ruining his career. | Police have been protecting about 50 families, many belonging to former LAPD colleagues, against whom Mr Dorner had vowed revenge for allegedly ruining his career. |
In an online manifesto, Mr Dorner, a former US Navy reservist, suggested that racism was rife in the LAPD. | In an online manifesto, Mr Dorner, a former US Navy reservist, suggested that racism was rife in the LAPD. |