BIG BEAR LAKE — Faced with regular barrages of gunfire, officers confronting suspected killer Christopher Dorner lobbed incendiary tear gas into the cabin where he was believed to be holed up.
That’s the latest word from law enforcement officials with knowledge of the situation, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Law enforcement sources said the officers got into several gun battles with Dorner during nearly four-hour siege at the cabin in the Big Bear area.
The standoff began with Dorner allegedly fatally shot a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy and seriously injured another.
SWAT officers surrounding the cabin were under a “constant barrage of gunfire,” one source said.
“He put himself in that position. There weren’t a lot of options,” the source said.
Hoping to end the standoff, law enforcement authorities first lobbed “traditional” tear gas into the cabin.
When that did not work, they opted to use CS gas canisters, which are known in law enforcement parlance as incendiary tear gas. These canisters have significantly more chance of starting a fire.
Read more: http://ktla.com/2013/02/13/incendiary-tear-gas-reportedly-used-on-dorner-cabin/#ixzz2KoiW0rHw
Sure adds context to this story. He wasn't just sitting in the cabin doing nothing but waiting. He was shooting at the cops outside.
They had him surrounded.
They weren't sure that he didn't have hostages.
They weren't 100% sure it was Dorner.
They could have waited him out. He had no electricity, no water, probably not much food. With every round fired from his weapon, he has one less bullet. Eventually he would run out of ammo.
He was contained. Not a threat to the public. Just the to the police that were there, and the prestitutes.
The police had an ax to grind with this guy. Regardless of how you "FEEL" things should go down, there is protocol, laws that have to be followed.
In this instance, this was not the case and the police responsible are just as guilty of committing murder as Dorner allegedly was.
I am by no means defending Dorner. I AM however defending our RULE OF LAW. I hope you and all that read this understand that...
That just isn't a very smart thing to do. It is in fact suicidal.
Indeed it does. If true.
penelopesire? You say you were listening to the live scanner feeds, were the police on the scene talking about "regular barrages of gunfire" at the time, or is this a creation of the LAPD press room after the fact?