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Authorities stand at the site of a burnt out cabin near Angelus Oaks, California February 13, 2013, where police believe they engaged in a shootout with fugitive former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner on Tuesday. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Fugitive Los Angeles ex-cop died from possibly self-inflicted gunshot
Fugitive Los Angeles ex-cop died from possibly self-inflicted gunshot
Posted : Friday, 15 February 2013 07:58PM

SAN BERNARDINO, California (Reuters) - A fugitive former police officer whose charred remains were found in a burned-out California mountain cabin following a standoff died from a possibly self-inflicted gunshot wound, a San Bernardino County Sheriff's spokesman said on Friday.

Coroner's examiners have not yet determined who fired the shot that killed 33-year-old Christopher Dorner, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Capt. Kevin Lacy said.

"The information we have seems to indicate that the wound that took Christopher Dorner's life was self inflicted," he said.

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Dana Feldman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

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