Chris Dorner's Carjacking Victim Reveals How He Escaped The Killer

Rick Heltebrake, a Boy Scout leader was carjacked by Chris just moments before he shot two officers, killing one. He reveals in this shocking interview with ‘GMA’ what it was like to come face-to-face with the killer.

Chris Dorner killed four people and wounded three more but he spared the life of one man, Rick Heltebrake. Rick says that on Feb. 12, Chris confronted him at gunpoint near Big Bear Lake in California and took his truck.

Rick Recounts Being Held At Gunpoint by Chris

Rick says that just a few seconds after Chris let him go, a shootout erupted between officers and Chris.

“He came out onto the road onto the snow,” he says. “He pointed his rifle at me, I stopped, put my truck in park and put my hands up. He was dressed in camouflage. He had an assault sniper-type rifle. He had a big ballistic vest on. He was dressed up to do some damage it looked like.”

But the most shocking part of this is that Chris let Rick go: “He said, ‘I don’t want to hurt you, start walking up the road and take your dog with you’ Within about 10 seconds I heard a volley of gunfire.”

Chris Is Believed To Be Dead

Chris soon after barricaded himself in a remote cabin in the San Bernardino National Forest. Around 5pm the cabin went up in flames and Chris is believed to have died inside.

A body was reportedly found in the basement of the cabin and the AP is reporting that his drivers license was found in there as well. But it could take weeks for the forensic tests to come back with a definitive answer.

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wouldn’t be something if it was not Dorner,? I think they just burned him up cause they where all hipped up with all the attention of this whole horror show.Dorner was well aware when he killed that it was his death warrant,he knew he was dealing with corruption in the L.A police department.I have the feeling he was a just man who lost it, he was tried of being apart of fellow cops abusing the public. Hopefully this will cause a real honest cleanup in the L.A police department. It is always after a tragedy like this for those people who where killed and this L.A. officer’s death they will get rid of jaded cops.I hope so.

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I read several articles about the giant Police Killer Christ Dorner and my own opinion is that the man was not like what he was made by the LAPD and the end was really too bad for the deceased police men, their families and the department herself. The person who really cried of beating a mentally ill man during his training period cannot become a giant killer. If the LAPD has used services of a wise, psychologist to resolve the issue amicably at the first place rather than torturing Dorner for 3 long years and finally firing him when he did not resign. Still there is time for the LAPD to change the course and come out from their own ego and resolve such personal issues sensibly.

Second wallet to be found lol… 1 million dollar reward… Did not kill the driver or the other hostages… What I see is someone who probably told the truth in his memorandum and the police are fighting to bury him with as little response as possible… The La Police (most police) are so corrupt… keep making stories but in the end this is all because we have lost track of what it mean to protect and serve the whole country is turning into a police state, our civil rights are being destroyed, greed is rampant, all branches of government are corrupt… we do what make corperations money and life is of no consern, we used to teach something other than greed…. maybe people should wake up before this rampant system makes you the next victim