FOXNews.com: URGENT: Fugitive Ex-Cop in Shootout With Authorities; Barricaded in Cabin

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URGENT: Fugitive Ex-Cop in Shootout With Authorities; Barricaded in Cabin Feb 12th 2013, 22:33 Police are in a fierce gunfight with the fugitive ex-LAPD cop suspected of killing three and declaring war on the force, with the wanted man holed up in a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains, law enforcement sources said. Two police officers were reportedly injured, and it was not known if Dorner was hit or in custody. A police source told The Associated Press Christopher Dorner burglarized a cabin on the mountain resort area where days ago Dorner's truck was found burning. Two people were bound inside the cabin, but one managed to escape and call authorities around 12:50 p.m. local time. Fish and game wardens spotted a suspected stolen car near the scene and tried to stop it in Big Bear Lake. The driver, believed to have been Dorner, fled on foot, exchanging gunfire, sources told Fox News. Hours later, police were believed to have Dorner cornered in a cabin, exchanging gunfire with the suspect. San Bernardino police were on the scene the county Sheriff's Department shut down Highway 38 to create a choke point, sources told Fox News. Four area schools were on lockdown. The shootout came after a day of searching and speculation, with authorities continuing their door-to-door search at Big Bear Lake, even as sources guessed Dorner may have made it over the border and into Mexico. Dorner, who claimed in a rambling manifesto posted online that he was booted from his job unfairly after official determined he falsely accused his partner of assaulting a suspect, is suspected of gunning down Monica Quan, 28, and her fiancé Keith Lawrence, 27, last week in Orange County. Quan's father, Randall Quan, represented Dorner at the hearing in which he lost his job in 2009. The 33-year-old former Navy veteran is also suspected of shooting two police officers in Riverside, Calif., killing 11-year veteran Police Officer Michael Crain. Although statewide alerts were issued in California and Nevada, and authorities were watching the border, the most intense phase of the search has not left Big Bear since last week, when Dorner's burning truck was found on a local forest road. In recent days, hundreds of police officers have scoured the mountain, searching cabins door-to-door. While the search on Big Bear was scaled back on Monday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department continued the hunt.. "The search for Christopher Dorner will continue until he has been apprehended or it has been determined that he is no longer on the mountain," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said Tuesday. Meanwhile, an associate of Dorner was being tracked by investigators, according to court records that suggest Dorner may have received help as he eluded a massive law enforcement dragnet. A criminal complaint filed in federal court raises the possibility that Dorner may have been assisted by an associate identified as "J.Y." The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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