LA police board finds mistaken shooting during rogue ex-cop manhunt violated policy
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A civilian oversight board has found that eight Los Angeles police officers who mistakenly opened fired on two women during a manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner violated department policy.
The Police Commission's decision Tuesday follows an earlier settlement in which the city agreed to pay the pair $4.2 million.
Margie Carranza and her then 71-year-old mother, Emma Hernandez, were delivering papers around 5 a.m. on Feb. 7 when LAPD officers guarding the Torrance home of a target named in an online Dorner manifesto blasted at least 100 rounds at their pickup.
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Hernandez was shot in the back and Carranza had minor injuries.
Dorner had vowed warfare on Los Angeles police officers and their families for what he called an unfair firing.