Carter Evans, a reporter for CBS2/KCAL9 News in Southern California, was caught in the center of the gun fight Tuesday afternoon near Big Bear, Calif., between police officers and the man they believe is Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop suspected of killing three people.
CBS News in Los Angeles a published a transcript of Evan’s conversation with anchor Sandra Mitchell while he was in the middle of the action. Evan was able to leave the scene safely and has continued to report on the unfolding events.
Here’s the transcript:
BACKGROUND: yelling, faintly “Get out of here, get out of here”
SANDRA: Is that someone yelling the background, Carter?
CARTER: Yeah, we got authorities yelling at us to get out of here, but we don’t know where to go, frankly, to tell you the truth.
….
SANDRA: Carter what are you hearing, what are you seeing.
CARTER: Uh, I see authorities, I’m going to have to speak quieter now, I have you on the speaker phone. I see authorities honing in on an area on a cabin that is about 200 feet ahead of us right now. I see a lot of these authorities moving to take cover themselves.
[SOUND OF GUNFIRE]
CARTER: I hear some screaming, you heard all that gunfire.
SANDRA: That was gunfire.
CARTER: I see a team of sheriff’s deputies in full-on fatigues with weapons drawn running toward us right now. We are down on the ground behind the wheels of our car right now and the door is open, I am talking to you on the speaker phone. We are right, right in the center of the action here, we are right where this is happening.
….
CARTER: We’re trying to, we’re not moving from our vehicle, because this is a very fluid situation. We’re staying here, we don’t want to get caught in the crossfire ourselves.
UNIDENTIFIED: Hey you! Come here!
CARTER: Me?
UNIDENTIFIED: You! Come here! [Unintelligible]
[SOUND OF RAPID-FIRE GUNFIRE]
UNIDENTIFIED: Hey! Get the f— out of here now!
[Unintelligible]
[SOUND OF GUNFIRE]
[Unintelligible yelling]
[SOUND OF GUNFIRE]
….
SANDRA: I want to check back with Carter Evans. Carter? Are you there?
….
[YELLING]
UNIDENTIFIED: Get the f— down. Down! Keep it down!
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
UNIDENTIFIED 2: Hey, hey! …Get the f— out, get the f— out now.
Here’s some audio, in which many shots are heard:
