Crime & Safety

Candlelight Vigil for Sheriff's Detective Slain in Final Confrontation with Dorner

The vigil is scheduled at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Yucaipa City Hall. It is being organized by the City of Yucaipa and the Yucaipa Police Department.

A candlelight vigil is planned Tuesday evening in Yucaipa for San Bernardino County sheriff's Detective Jeremiah MacKay, who was fatally shot Tuesday in the last showdown with fugutive multimurder suspect Christopher Dorner.

The vigil is scheduled at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Yucaipa City Hall. It is being organized by the City of Yucaipa and the Yucaipa Police Department, which is part of the Sheriff's Department.

"This memorial is open to all who wish to attend and honor a fallen hero," sheriff's Lt. Dwight Brink, Yucaipa's assistant chief of police, said in an announcement Sunday.

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MacKay, who worked in Big Bear and Yucaipa, was a 15-year veteran with the department, Sheriff John McMahon said Wednesday. He was father of a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son. He was a resident of Redlands.

His funeral is planned at 11 a.m. Thursday Feb. 21 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre, 2575 Glen Helen Parkway.

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MacKay, fatally shot Feb. 12 in a confrontation with Dorner east of Angelus Oaks, was the second law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty during the ex-cop's alleged rampage. They both had local ties to Redlands and Yucaipa.

Authorities believe Dorner is accountable for four killings in the space of ten days: a former LAPD captain's daughter and her fiancé in Irvine on Feb. 3, Riverside police Officer Michael Crain on Feb. 7, and MacKay on Feb. 12.

Crain was a graduate of Redlands High School and he attended Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa before he joined the Marine Corps. He was a resident of Beaumont. His funeral was Wednesday in Riverside and he was laid to rest at Riverside National Cemetery.

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