A gun battle between Christopher Dorner and police has ended after fire ripped through the remote cabin where the murder suspect was thought to have been hiding.
TV footage showed flames rising from the property in California's Big Bear Lake area, which also had thick black smoke billowing from it.
However, police stressed that no body had been found and the wreckage was still too hot to be searched.
A law enforcement official said a gunshot was heard before the fire broke out, and the suspect did not come out of the cabin as it was engulfed in flames.
Police had urged the fugitive to turn himself in as authorities surrounded the cabin where he was reportedly holed up with an arsenal of weapons.
Dorner had earlier exchanged gunfire with federal authorities.
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon told a news conference that a sheriff's deputy had died of wounds he suffered during the shootout. Another deputy was also injured in the exchange.
Authorities have focused their hunt for Dorner in the mountainous area since they said he launched a campaign to exact revenge against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for sacking him.
LAPD Commander Andrew Smith had urged Dorner to surrender, telling him: "Enough is enough."
It is believed the 33-year-old - who is suspected of three other killings - may have held a couple hostage in a holiday home before police tracked him down.
Commander Smith said: "It's time for you to turn yourself in. It's time to end the bloodshed."
Another police officer told the Associated Press that Dorner robbed the cabin and tied up the holidaymakers, but one was able to get away and make a phone call.
Dorner reportedly fled in a stolen white Dodge pickup truck and a California Fish and Game ranger fired on the vehicle.
He then abandoned the truck and ran into the forest.
The noise of the gun battle was broadcast by KCAL-TV, whose reporter suddenly found himself near the shooting. Someone could be heard yelling at the reporter to get out of the area.
The manhunt has centred on the San Bernardino mountains since Dorner's pickup truck was found in the area last Thursday.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller said a stolen vehicle report from a residence was received at 12.20pm on Tuesday and the owners of the car described the suspect as looking similar to Dorner.
Police had been following up hundreds of new leads prompted by a $1m (£640,000) reward for information.
Dorner, a naval reservist, is suspected of killing a couple on February 3 and then ambushing two policemen early on Thursday, killing one.
An angry Facebook rant with threats against the LAPD led officials to assign officers to protect officers and their families.
Within hours of the release of photos of Dorner, described as armed and "extremely dangerous," the suspect then ambushed police in Riverside County, shooting three and killing one police officer.
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