LAPD: No body found yet in mountain cabin following gunfight
2/13/2013
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa makes comments about the shootout scene in Big Bear that allegedly involves ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, during a news conference today in front of the Police Administration Building in Los Angeles.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa makes comments about the shootout scene in Big Bear that allegedly involves ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, during a news conference today in front of the Police Administration Building in Los Angeles.
BIG BEAR, Calif. — No body has yet been recovered from a burned out cabin in the mountains above Los Angeles following a gun fight between police and a suspect believed to be a fugitive ex-cop, despite news reports To the contrary, a Los Angeles Police spokesman said.
Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said the cabin in the Big Bear area northeast of Los Angeles was “still too hot" for police to enter.
Several news organizations had reported that a body was found in the cabin and had been identified as likely that of former 33-year-old Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner.