dollars. police say dorner last week killed a retired police captain s daughter, her fiance in a and a riverside county police officer. in a 20 major manifesto dorner claims his reactions are revenge for his firing from the l.a.p.d. back in 2008. he claims the killings will continue and that no officers are safe. today the riverside d.a. pleaded for more help from the public. every day our law enforcement officers patrol our communities to protect us as citizens. to keep us safe. now, it is our opportunity as citizens to assist our law enforcement officers in the apprehension of this individual. bill: dorner received combat training in the navy. in addition to his four years on the force. as you can see from some of this police training video, can he be imposed.
william la jeunesse live at l.a.p.d. headquarters tonight with more. what is the latest now on where this investigation stands, william. well, bill, a task force with local police, the fbi, the marshall service is currently going over some 700 clues or leads. now, some of those are false sightings but others have real value. consider these surveillance photos that were taken last week from a hotel in san diego and with that 1-million-dollar reward police hope someone will drop a dime on dorner. maybe an old friend. maybe a stranger from a gas station or convenience store. today, police in san bernardino mountains have scaled back the search there to 30 officers. continue ited going through vacant remote cabins. earlier today here is what l.a.p.d. said when asked if dorner s mother had been asked to make a personal plea to her son to turn himself in. we have been in contact with the parents and the family of dorner and we will continue to do so through the this investigation.
was found abandoned. but it s not known if he s even still in this area. they re sending everything up here. reporter: on the hunt and on edge. officers searching for accused cop killer christopher dorner have found their biggest clue yet. his burned out pickup truck in the mountains east of los angel angeles. we did find some tracks around the vehicle, but they did not lead to the suspect. reporter: the former lapd cop is accused of gunning down fellow officers and their families in revenge killings. detectives say he opened fire in two southern california cities thursday, killing one officer and wounding two more. he has multiple weapons at his disposal. including assault rifles. reporter: and lapd chief says the shootings are in retaliation for dorner s firing in 2008. in his online manifesto dorner says he was terminated for reporting abuses. he blames several officers, including captain randy quan. stating i never had the