Crime & Safety
Agencies Join Forces to Capture Dorner
The Dorner Task Force includes Irvine, Riverside and Los Angeles police, FBI and Marshals Service.
Officials from a variety of law-enforcement agencies announced Saturday the formation of a task force to enhance the investigation and search for accused triple-killer Christopher Dorner.
The Irvine Police Department, Riverside Police Department, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Los Angeles Police Department and some allied organizations will join the pursuit of Dorner.
Dorner is a fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of shooting to death last Sunday the 28-year-old daughter of an ex-LAPD captain who unsuccessfully represented Dorner in an appeal of his 2008 termination and her 27-year-old fiancé.
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He also is accused of killing a Riverside police officer and wounding another early Thursday in an armed ambush of their car as it was stopped at a traffic light, about 20 minutes after he wounded an LAPD officer in a Corona shootout.
“The Dorner Task Force has combined investigative resources that will lead to the capture of Christopher Dorner,” LAPD Officer Rosario Herrera said.
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Herrera urged anyone with information about Dorner to call (213) 486-6860.
-City News Service
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