smith. shepard: there is breaking news now on fox news channel. it s 4:30 on the west coast and 7:30 on the east coast. and it would appear that the nightmare of a situation across southern california is over. we know now that authorities surrounded a cabin, that the man you see on the right-hand side of your screen had taken two people hostage, at least a couple of days ago. according to our sources in los angeles. we know that one of those two people escaped. we know that chris dorner, for whom they have been searching took off in a vehicle. we know that at some point fish and game officers spotted him. we know he had a shootout with fish and game vehicle-to-vehicle. he crashed the vehicle he had stolen and ran into a cabin and began a chase. and a standoff ensued. shot out according to authorities. shooting stopped. authorities fired tear gas into the building nothing
highway 38 in big bear, california. we ll keep you updated throughout the show, shep, how this standoff continues. shepard: trace, we were reading from the l.a. times in the last few hours that if there were questions about whether at this moment he has hostage. i heard in the police news conference they wouldn t answer that question. do we know if he does or doesn t? we don t know but we do not believe that he does. i mean, those reports apparent whether i erroneous and what they were talking about, shep, was that the confusion seemed to be that he went into the cabin and he tied up the couple and held them hostage. he may have gone into that cabin yesterday or the day before. he may have been hold up there for more than just today and then when he left, he he untied them. it is not thought to be the same cabin the couple lives in. we re not excluding the fact that he might have hostage, but any reports saying that do not appear to be accurate at this time. shepard: all right,
the sheriff s deputy that was injured. christina gonzalez can you come in, please? yes, do you copy me right now? [no audio] okay, the second deputy was brought in, right now in surgery. he is expected to make it though. but, he he is having pretty major surgery. but they are expecting him to make it. again, two deputies were brought here to loma linda. one is deceased as soon as i can i will give you his i.d. he is a very nice man. i m not that his entire family. shepard: yeah. we certainly don t want to put that name out until we are positive that everyone involved has been notified what has been one of the most difficult period of time for law enforcement and los angeles and beyond really in recent memory. trace, in the hours ahead, it s my guess that this is just as danny colson was saying. we are down to slow and methodical now. the sense of urgency has passed. the road blocks are gone.
air ambulances, if you will, at the local hospitals. we do know, shepard, that l.a.p.d. has a real emotional tie to this case. this is one of their own, who obviously went bad. rogue cop but he has now killed a san bernardino deputy as well as a riverside deputy. and then, of course, the two civilians who were killed as well. basically with this 1 reward or price on his head. you have got this massive possie on his trail after six days it now appears that justice is coming to a head for christopher dorner. he, of course, was trained by the navy under water demolition. excellent marksman, that we can see. he also was trained by the l.a.p.d. and antiterrorism. of course, he was fired in 2008 after lying about a colleague. for that dismissal he holds the department responsible. he has said i don t fear dying i died when i was fired from the l.a.p.d. shepard? shepard: breaking news at
he apparently drove down there and ran inside that cabin and began shooting. one deputy in the front and one deputy in the back of the house and the house is now burning to the ground. shep. shepard: yeah, our correspondent alicia acuna headed up the mountain right now, alicia? hi, shepard. we are headed intoed mountain highway 18 which meets up with 38. you heard trace talk earlier about the location of where chris dorner came in confrontation with fish and game. that s the location we are headed. i m looking for some smoke signal where that cabin is we had to wait on the side of the road because as you know all the highways leading up from closed. heavy law enforcement presence there. coming in now, you each get this sense that things have loosened up. we are seeing people walking around out here on the mountains when things have been so tense lately. that s what we are seeing as we are heading into that location right now.