How to protect your family against it. And the show must go on for a top dog whose owner suffered in hurricane sandy. Tonight as he prepares to compete, how chauncey became a symbol of hope. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Tonight authorities in california are raising the stakes in their hunt for a former Los Angeles Policeman wanted in three murders. Announcing a huge reward leading to his arrest. The killings began a week ago today when two people were gunned down in a parking lot. What police say were revenge killings carried out by a disgraced excop. But in a surprising turn of events, police now say they will investigate fugitive Christopher Dorners claim that he was wrongfully fired from the lapd, even as they vow to capture him. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is outside Police Headquarters in los angeles with the latest on the manhunt. Miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. Its the largest reward ever offered locally.
The Surveillance Video captured across the street from a San Diego Police station. The helmet was sitting right up top and the magazine and the belt was hidden under the boxes. Reporter the former cop now fugitive accused of killing three and wounding two others was fired from the lapd after making false complaints about his training officer. But now the Los Angeles Police chief says a week after the killing spree began, hell reopen dorners case. People think that maybe there is something to what he says, and i want to put that to rest, and the only way i know how to put that to rest is to review what has already been reviewed at multiple levels. Reporter bill bratton ran the force when dorner was fired in 2008. Determination would definitely be just. Its a very comprehensive process the department goes through. You dont just fire somebody without significant evidence or information. Reporter having eluded one of the largest manhunts in state history, the search for dorner in the mount