Ex-cop was hiding in cabin across from sheriff's outpost

The cabin ex-cop fugitive Christopher Dorner is hiding in happens to be very close to command post from where San Bernardino authorities have been running their search operation, CBS correspondent John Miller reports.

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Tuesday afternoon, authorities closed in on Dorner, who is wanted for three murders and has been on the run for over a week. The search for the former police officer, believed to be motivated by revenge, prompted a widespread manhunt that stretched from Big Bear, Calif., to the Mexico border.

Officers first sighted Dorner Tuesday afternoon in Big Bear, close to where they found his abandoned, burned out pickup truck a week ago.

Sources tell Miller Dorner is using a highpowered sniper rifle, a .50-caliber Barrett.

"This is an extraordinarily high-powered rifle, the kind that is used by the military," Miller reports.

SWAT teams and LAPD were on the scene Tuesday afternoon, and more SWAT resources were on their way to assist Bernardino.

[OBSERVER1950]

According to the NRA and gun enthusiasts Guns don't kill people.

[corbolavirus]

Unless the gov't shows pictures of the weapon and officially links it to Dorner by serial number/ dealer sale, it's all gov't controlled propaganda.

[AnotherJosh]

Excellent police work! Not.

[rwsmith29456]

I'd say it's a big gun, as the .50 Barret is mainly an anti-materiel weapon, that is, taking out trucks and other machinery. This is a big guy, but a person can't hump one of those around along with it's carrot sized ammunition for very long. On the other hand, about anything that the police can hide behind isn't good enough cover for the Barrett.