Dorner Shootout Dispatch Records Released: 'Deps Still Down in Kill Zone'

Thirty pages of Sheriff's Department dispatch transcripts from the Feb. 12 pursuit, shootout and death of rogue ex-LAPD cop Christopher Dorner near Big Bear Lake were released Friday by San Bernardino County lawyers.

The transcripts were released April 19 in response to a public records request by Redlands-Loma Linda Patch and other news agencies. County lawyers said they intend to release audio dispatch files requested by news agencies at a later date.

Beginning at 12:22 p.m. that day, the transcripts refer to a residential robbery near Amador Trail and Goldmine Drive in Big Bear Lake. They continue through the afternoon in which sheriff's Detective Jeremiah MacKay was fatally shot and Deputy Alex Collins was seriously wounded.

Portions of the transcripts are redacted. Entries from the transcripts include the initial response to a 9-1-1 call from a couple who said Dorner tied them up and took the keys to their vehicle.

12:23:47 RP ADVISING THEY WERE TIED UP BY CHRIS DORNER...SUSP LEFT 15-30 MIN AGO

12:24:22 RP AVING SUSP TOOK THEIR KEYS TO VEH: PURPLE MAROON COLORED NISS ROGUE

12:27: 17 RP ADVISING SUSP HAD GUN .AUTOMATIC

The transcripts cover the beginning of the manhunt, with deputies calling for shutdown of highways exiting the San Bernardino Mountains and the massing of officers from multiple law enforcement agencies.

12:44:20 CLOSE Location STATE 38/BRYATNT

12:44:32 BOLO'D LAW I/C

12:45:06 REDLANDS PD ADVISED AND ENRT

12:46:14 FWD TO YUC UNITS

12:49:00 SBPD TO CLOSE DOWN STATE 330/HIGHLAND

12:51:22 CLOS BEAR VALLEY RD/HWY 18

12:52:02 HAVE NISS TCD AT GLASS ROAD

12:54:04 VEH CLEAR W SILNCED SNIPER RIFLE IN BACK SEAT

12:54:18 NEED A DOG ENRT

12:55:57 NEED RIVER ROAD BLOCKED

12:56:27 SUSP ALSO HAS MULTIPLE SMOKE CANNISTERS

12:57:54 PER THE VICT TRUCK IS ALMOST OUT OF GASS

12:57:52 ONTARIO PD ENRT WITH TACTICAL TEAM AND K9

12:58:55 SHUT DOWN 38 COMPLETELY

The first deputies to arrive outside a cabin where Dorner was holed up came under fire, and two deputies were wounded. MacKay died of his injuries and Collins is recovering.

13:01:49 FISH & GAME HAD SHOTS FIRED

13:04:39 RIVERSIDE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT GIVEN INFORMATION AND UPDATE, CONTACTING CHERRY VALLEY AND BEAUMONT PD

13:08:19 GAME WARDEN TOOK FIRE FRM SUSP HANDGUN NO UNITS INJ

13:28:15 GO DOWN GLASS RD

13:28:37 AUTOMATIC FIR IN BOUND

13:29:42 NEED AR,ORED VEH TO GET PERSONEL OUT

13:31:41 DEPS STILL DOWN IN THE KILL ZONE

Law officers used smoke canisters to set up cover to rescue the fallen deputies under continuing gunfire from the cabin.

13:31:59 POPPING SMOKE TO GET VICT OUT

13:34:22 1 DEP OUT

13:35:06 NEED LZ NEAR SEVEN OAKS

13:35:37 LOMA LINDA AND ARROWHEAD NOTIFIED FOR INJURED DEPUTIES

13:38:23 LOADING UP SECOND DEP TO EXIT TO THE EAST.

Deputies tried using tear gas to get Dorner to surrender but that did not work. They called for assistance to use a "burner," a type of tear gas known to start fires. The cabin went up in flames, and Dorner fired a single shot to kill himself, according to coroner's investigators.

14:56:53 NEED TAC TRACKER FOR GAS DEPLOYMENT

16:09:43 USING BEAR TO DEPLOY BURNER

16:10:21 DEPLYING GAS BURNER TO #1 SIDE

16:15:25 MORE GAS

16:16:03 PER 61L, 7 BURNERS DEPLOYED, FIRED STARTED

16:17:43 PER 61L, #1 SIDE FULLY ENGULFED, FIRE ON #4

16:20:31 PER 61L, ONE SHOT FIRE FROM WITHIN HOUSE

Dorner's charred remains were located later that night in a basement area of the burned-out cabin. Stay with Redlands-Loma Linda Patch for more on this developing story.