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\b \cf2 BY ZACH TOOMBS \b0 \
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Two women are in recovery Saturday after being shot by Los Angeles police. The officers say
they mistook the women\'92s truck for that of fugitive Christopher Dorner, wanted for
three killings.\ \
Maggie Carranza and her 71-year-old mother Emma Hernandez were delivering newspapers
around 5:15 a.m. when, without warning, police fired more than 50 shots at their vehicle.
Carranza was struck in the hand and released from the hospital with minor injuries, her
mother was hit in the back and is still in intensive care. [Video: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/index"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 KABC}}]\
\ The officers say they mistook the two Hispanic
women for six-foot 270-pound Christopher Dorner, a former L.A. cop on the run after promising
to seek revenge on the police force that fired him four years ago. [Video: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57568368/christopher-dorner-manhunt-two-innocent-women-shot-by-lapd-officers-had-no-warning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsHealthyLiving+(CBS+News%3A+Healthy+Living)"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 CBS}}]\
\ The cops were assigned to protect a high-level
police official and stationed outside his home. They said they didn\'92t realize until
after firing shots that the vehicle they were targeting was an aqua blue Toyota Tacoma,
not the grey Nissan Titan that belonged to Dorner. The {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-torrance-shooting-20130209,0,4414028.story?track=rss"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 Los Angeles Times}} reports the license plates were also different.\
\ The LAPD hasn\'92t released the names of the
officers who fired at the women without any visual confirmation \'97\'a0but they have
been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 KCAL}} in Los Angeles spoke
to an attorney for the women.\ \
\b "The vehicle is a different color. The license plate doesn't match. And even if they
had the person in question, Mr. Dorner, you still have to give them an opportunity to
get out. You can't just start administering street justice.\'94
\b0 \ \
The story has seen little coverage from national media, even as a similar incident happened
that same day, when an officer rammed a truck he mistakenly believed to be Dorner\'92s,
then fired shots narrowly missing the man. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has labeled the shootings
\'93a case of mistaken identity\'94 by the officers.\
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