Christopher Dorner

Human remains found in a burnt-out mountain cabin in California have been confirmed as those of alleged cop-killer Christopher Dorner, the local sheriff and coroner's office said on Thursday.

Sheriff's deputies who believed they had cornered a fugitive ex-cop in the mountains above Los Angeles did not purposely torch a cabin where a nine-day manhunt ended, but the deputies may have ignited the blaze by firing tear gas, officials said on Wednesday.

A former US cop wanted for multiple murders was believed barricaded in a burning mountain cabin on Tuesday, officials said, as a six-day California manhunt appeared to be moving toward an endgame.

Charlie Sheen has released a video message asking former police officer Christopher Dorner to contact him to talk things out.

Police swarmed a California ski area on Thursday in their search for a fired Los Angeles policeman accused of killing three people and declaring an all-out war on law enforcement officers and their families in a rambling Internet manifesto.

Thousands of police officers throughout Southern California and Nevada hunted on Thursday for a former Los Angeles officer who was angry over his firing and began a deadly shooting rampage that he warned in an online posting would target those on the force who wronged him, authorities said.

Human remains found in a burnt-out mountain cabin in California have been confirmed as those of alleged cop-killer Christopher Dorner, the local sheriff and coroner's office said on Thursday.

Sheriff's deputies who believed they had cornered a fugitive ex-cop in the mountains above Los Angeles did not purposely torch a cabin where a nine-day manhunt ended, but the deputies may have ignited the blaze by firing tear gas, officials said on Wednesday.

A former US cop wanted for multiple murders was believed barricaded in a burning mountain cabin on Tuesday, officials said, as a six-day California manhunt appeared to be moving toward an endgame.

Charlie Sheen has released a video message asking former police officer Christopher Dorner to contact him to talk things out.

Police swarmed a California ski area on Thursday in their search for a fired Los Angeles policeman accused of killing three people and declaring an all-out war on law enforcement officers and their families in a rambling Internet manifesto.

Thousands of police officers throughout Southern California and Nevada hunted on Thursday for a former Los Angeles officer who was angry over his firing and began a deadly shooting rampage that he warned in an online posting would target those on the force who wronged him, authorities said.