A man believed to be a former Los Angeles police officer accused of three murders has been involved in a shoot-out with police, reports say.
The suspect exchanged shots with officers in California's Big Bear Lake region and barricaded himself inside a cabin, local police said.
Two officers have been wounded by gunfire and airlifted to hospital.
Christopher Dorner, 33, has been on the run since last week, after the murders in southern California.
He had sworn revenge on police officers he blamed for his sacking in 2008.
US television networks showed police and vehicles surrounding a cabin in a rural area outside Big Bear in the San Bernadino mountains where the fugitive is thought to be holed up.
"The suspect has not been positively identified but we have reason to believe it is Dorner," Cindy Bachman of San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department said.
Dozens of law enforcement officers have rushed to the scene.
Police were alerted after a man matching Mr Dorner's description reportedly broke into a house and tied up two people before making off in a stolen vehicle.
The search moved to the area of Big Bear Lake, a ski resort 80 miles (130km) east of Los Angeles, after the suspect's burned-out truck was found there last Thursday.
Manifesto
LA officials have offered a $1m (£630,000) reward for information leading to his arrest.
The former officer with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is suspected of killing three people, including a policeman.
Police have been protecting 50 families, many belonging to former LAPD colleagues, against whom Mr Dorner has vowed revenge for allegedly ruining his career.
In an online manifesto, Mr Dorner, a former US Navy reservist, suggested that racism was rife in the LAPD.
culled from BBC news.
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