Before the media could descend on the Big Bear area today CBS Los Angeles / KCAL reporter Carter Evans was there … right in the middle of a shootout … on live television.

The reporter ducked down behind a news truck as dozens of rounds rang out near a cabin where accused cop killer Christopher Dorner is believed to be holed up.

It was captured on this video:

Evans says:

We are now on the ground, behind the wheels of our car right now … We are right, right in the center of the action here.

A cop tells him to “Get the f– out of here now!,” and he does.

Probably a wise move.

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