Christopher Dorner was a man full of anger. Fired from the police force, discharged from the Navy Reserve, he snapped. He first killed the daughter of a man involved in his firing, then headed to San Diego. To try to flee the country? To plant evidence to distract investigators? He next headed north on a collision course with police in the Inland area. To kill more targets? To disappear? Some questions will never be answered.
THE RAMPAGE
FEB 3
1. Newly engaged couple Monica Quan, a women’s basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton, and Keith Lawrence, a public safety officer at USC, are found shot to death in the parking garage of their Irvine condo. Quan was the daughter of retired Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Randal Quan, who represented Dorner in his disciplinary hearings.
FEB. 4
Dorner posts a manifesto on his Facebook page appearing to take responsibility for the killings. “I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days.” He blames a culture of racism at the LAPD for ending his career, and vows “unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty … You will now live the life of the prey.”
FEB. 6
Detectives investigating Quan’s link to Dorner find the manifesto and alert the LAPD, which immediately mobilizes protection details across Southern California to about 50 potential targets named by Dorner.
2. Dorner ties up an 81-year-old man at the Southwestern Yacht Club in San Diego and tries to steal his boat but cannot get the engine to start. Dorner flees.
FEB. 7
3. About 1 a.m.: Lee McDaniel, who had seen Dorner on the news the previous night, recognizes him at a gas station just south of Corona. Both leave, and McDaniel flags down two LAPD officers, who were on their way to protect a target nearby. Dorner drives by, and the officers…
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