Yesterday, authorities released Lynwood police officer Brian Dorian from custody and said they will resume their search today for the so-called "honeybee gunman" after determining he did not kill a man and wound two others in a shooting spree along the Illinois-Indiana border. (see here for the original story). After the shootings, police released a sketch of the suspect and described him as a white heavyset man dressed in a green windbreaker and a baseball cap, driving a light-colored late-90s model Chevy Cheyenne pick-up truck.
Mr. Dorian had been arrested on two bases. First, Dorian drove a truck similar to that described. He had been stopped driving it, but after flashing his badge, he was released without his truck being searched. The traffic stop ended up being crucial for prosecutors when they decided to charge Dorian with one of the shootings -- the fatal attack on Rolando Alonso, 45, a construction worker who was randomly gunned down while rehabbing a home, and Alonso's coworker Josh Garza, 19, who was shot above his right eye and survived, although the bullet remains lodged in the back of his brain and he is unable to communicate except with hand gestures. A third construction worker, also 19, escaped unharmed and identified Dorian after being shown an 8-year-old driver's license photograph of the officer. The same construction worker later also identified Mr. Dorian in a line-up.
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