Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Police Officer Apparently Dead

Christopher Dorner May Be Dead

The former Los Angeles Police Officer that killed four people after going on a rampage may be dead. Previously here on Fresno Lawyer, I wrote about Christopher Dorner being disgruntled with his attorney. The former police officer was terminated after an administrative hearing where he was represented by Randy Quan. Mr. Quan is a retired Los Angles Police captain who became a lawyer after retiring from the department.

It seems that Mr. Dorner totally lost it after he decided that he was wrongly terminated from the police department for reporting that another officer used excessive force. Christopher Dorner kicked off his spree by killing Mr. Quan's daughter and her fiance. He then killed another officer east of Los Angeles and wounded another officer.

Christopher Dorner Cornered

On February 12, 2013 officers apparently cornered Christopher Dorner in a house near Big Bear Lake California. A couple of days prior to cornering Mr. Dorner officers found Dorner's pickup truck burned out and abandoned. After days of an extensive manhunt a report came in that someone broke into a home and tied up the two female occupants. One of the occupants freed herself and notified police.

A subject matching Dorner's description was holed up in a house near the location of the burglary. After an exchange of gun fire that was caught on a video by a local news station, the house that Dorner is believed to be inside of burned. It is now believed that Mr. Dorner died inside the house after it burned. 

With today's shootout the death total rose to four. Randy Quan's daughter, her fiance, the officer east of Los Angeles and a deputy sheriff that was shot in the shoot out today. My thoughts go out to the officers that died at the hands of Christopher Dorner. 

Unfortunately Mr. Dorner is not the only person who blamed his lawyer for an unwanted outcome in a legal matter. Many lawyers have been shot and killed by their own clients. When I worked for a worker's compensation defense firm we always kept the front door locked because many people who had worker's compensation claims were very upset with my firm because they had been denied treatment or otherwise were unhappy with the outcome of their case and they blamed the firm that I worked for. 

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