The judges were then asked to give their best guess whether, based on the respondent's description of the incident, the respondent's use of the gun was very likely legal, likely legal, as likely as not legal, unlikely legal, or very unlikely legal.

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After the incident, police offered a sketchy description of the suspect as a 6-foot-tall white or Hispanic male with a muscular build.

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Police also shot at another pickup matching the description of Dorner's vehicle in Torrance, but no one was injured in that incident, according to a senior law enforcement source.

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