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Riverside County District Attorney
NEWS RELEASEPAUL E. ZELLERBACH
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
3960 Orange Street, Riverside, CA 92501 www.RivCoDA.org
DAS OFFICE FILES CHARGES AGAINST CHRISTOPHER DORNER FOR THE
MURDER OF A
RIVERSIDE POLICE OFFICER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF THREE OTHER
OFFICERS
RIVERSIDE Today, Feb. 11, 2013, the Riverside County District
Attorneys Office filed criminal charges against
fugitive Christopher Jordan Dorner for the murder of one police
officer and the attempted murder of three
others.
Dorner, DOB: 6-4-79, has been charged with one count of murder
with two special circumstance allegations of
the murder of a peace officer and the discharge of a firearm
from a vehicle. He also has been charged with three
counts of attempted murder of a peace officer. The case number
is RIF1300248. The special circumstance
allegations make Dorner eligible for the death penalty. A
no-bail warrant for Dorners arrest has also now been
issued.
Mr. Dorner has committed one of the most horrific crimes
imaginable, DA Zellerbach said. When those who
protect us every day then become the target for violence, we as
a society must become the eyes and ears in
assisting law enforcement in apprehending this very violent
person.
Riverside Police Chief Sergio Diaz said, We are confident that
Dorner will be captured and that he will face
judgment for his horrific and cowardly crimes. The District
Attorneys Office and the Riverside Police Departmenthave been
working side by side since the murder of Officer Michael Crain and
we will continue to do so until this
is resolved.
Dorner is charged with the Feb. 7, 2013, murder of Riverside
police Officer Michael Crain, an 11-year-veteran of
the department. Crain, a department training officer, was in a
marked RPD patrol car with his trainee when
Dorner fired a rifle from inside his vehicle, killing Crain and
critically injuring the second officer. That officers
name is not being released at this time.
Dorner is also charged with shooting at two Los Angeles police
officers in Corona prior to the murder of the
Riverside police officer. The two LAPD officers were in Corona
to provide protection for someone Dorner has
named in his so-called manifesto. One officer was grazed on the
head and the second uninjured in that shooting.
There is now a $1 million reward being offered for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of Dorner.Anyone who believes
they see Dorner is asked to call 911 as he is to be considered
armed and very dangerous.
Anyone with information about Dorner can call the task force tip
line at (213) 486-6860 or the Riverside
police tip line at (951) 353-7980.
John Hall
Senior Public Information Special
Contact: 951.955.8662For Immediate Release
Feb. 11, 2013
