By Jonathan Lloyd, NBCLosAngeles.com
Published at 10:30 a.m. ET: A former Los Angeles Police Department officer who is believed to be targeting officers and their families is wanted in connection with the ambush-style slaying of a Riverside officer Thursday morning at a stop light, according to police.
Three officers were shot -- two in Riverside, one in Corona -- Thursday morning, and all of the shootings are likely connected to Chistopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer wanted in connection with a double slaying last weekend in Irvine.
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Police said two Riverside officers responded to Magnolia and Arlington avenues at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday after receiving a call for assistance. The response occurred during a search that began with a report of a vehicle matching the description of Dorner.
"By all accounts, it appears they were stopped at a red light and just ambushed by the suspect," said Riverside Lt. Guy Toussaint.
Both Riverside officers were shot and transported to a hospital, where one was pronounced dead. The second officer remained in surgery, police said.
"The suspect did flee the scene, and we're in the process of trying to identify and apprehend the suspect at this time," said Toussaint.
The LAPD confirmed officers are looking for Dorner in connection with the Riverside shooting.
Corona Sgt. Brent Nelson confirmed that the Riverside shooting is connected to another Thursday morning shooting in Corona.
LAPD's Newton Division confirmed early Thursday that two of its officers were involved in a confrontation with a man believed to be Dorner.
One of the officer's was shot, suffering what was described as a "minor" graze wound. The officers were providing protection for subjects mentioned in an online manifesto in which Dorner issued threats involving several officers and their families, police said.
"The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence," Dorner states in the manifesto.
Every officer mentioned in the document was provided with police protection, said Sgt. Rudy Lopez.
"It's extremely intense," Lopez said. "We're trying to identify where he's been, where he's going.
"In this case, we are the targets. He's brazen. He's on a hunt to do whatever havoc he can."
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The officers were flagged down by someone who recognized Dorner's vehicle. The vehicle was described as a gray Nissan Titan with California license plate 8D83987. That information was displayed on freeway signs Thursday morning in Southern California.
Officers in protective gear were at the locations in Corona and Riverside.
Also early Thursday, the San Diego Harbor Police Department confirmed a badge with Dorner's picture identification was found at about 2:27 a.m. in the center divider on Harbor Drive, near San Diego International Airport.
A third officer-involved shooting was reported at about 5:30 a.m. in Torrance. Officers later confirmed that shooting was not connected to the Dorner search.
Authorities asked for the public's help in finding Dorner, whose last known address is 4931 Sharon Dr. in La Palma. Dorner is described as 6 feet tall, about 270 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
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