fran
Former Member
One brother shot, Dorner manhunt got very personal for deputies
Alex Collins and his brothers have dinner with their parents every Sunday, with the shootout that might have killed him but for the protection of a cellphone always in the back of their minds.
SAN BERNARDINO Detective Alex Collins was speeding down a mountain road, closing in on ex-cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner and his phone was buzzing.
In rapid succession, his two brothers also San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies called to warn the baby of the family to be careful. Dorner, a former Los Angeles policeman, vowed to kill as many officers as possible to avenge his firing from the department.
A few nights earlier, the brothers discussed Dorner's chilling online manifesto and the risk of encountering him. We had no delusions, Sgt. Ryan Collins said. It was not going to end well for whatever deputy it was who found him.
When Ryan heard a dispatch last Feb. 12 that officers had been shot, he frantically tried calling Alex again and again. The phone was dead.
For the swarms of police who hunted Dorner last year, the manhunt was more than just a matter of public safety it was personal; he was targeting their brethren. For the Collins brothers, however, it was even more so.
more at link .......... http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dorner-600992-alex-collins.html?page=1
Alex Collins and his brothers have dinner with their parents every Sunday, with the shootout that might have killed him but for the protection of a cellphone always in the back of their minds.
SAN BERNARDINO Detective Alex Collins was speeding down a mountain road, closing in on ex-cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner and his phone was buzzing.
In rapid succession, his two brothers also San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies called to warn the baby of the family to be careful. Dorner, a former Los Angeles policeman, vowed to kill as many officers as possible to avenge his firing from the department.
A few nights earlier, the brothers discussed Dorner's chilling online manifesto and the risk of encountering him. We had no delusions, Sgt. Ryan Collins said. It was not going to end well for whatever deputy it was who found him.
When Ryan heard a dispatch last Feb. 12 that officers had been shot, he frantically tried calling Alex again and again. The phone was dead.
For the swarms of police who hunted Dorner last year, the manhunt was more than just a matter of public safety it was personal; he was targeting their brethren. For the Collins brothers, however, it was even more so.
more at link .......... http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dorner-600992-alex-collins.html?page=1