Eight Los Angeles police officers violated department policy for use of deadly force when they shot two women during last year 's manhunt for renegade ex-officer Christopher Dorner , police chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday . `` I sympathize with the officers , but I have a very high standard for the application of deadly force and the shooting did not meet that standard , '' Beck told reporters . Margie Carranza , 47 , and her mother , Emma Hernandez , 71 , were shot as police searched for Dorner , a former police officer who was wanted for killing several people in early February 2013 . The two women were in a pickup truck similar to the one authorities said Dorner was driving and the officers had received reports that the suspect was in the area . ' A tragic cascade of circumstance ' The police chief said Tuesday that state law prohibits him from discussing punishment for individual officers . `` Discipline could be anywhere from extensive retraining up to termination , '' according to Beck . `` All officers involved have been assigned to non-field duty since this event occurred . '' The two women were out delivering morning newspapers when they were shot . Beck said one of the officers mistook the sound of a paper hitting the ground as a gunshot and opened fire , followed by other officers also firing their weapons . `` This was a tragic cascade of circumstance that led to an inaccurate conclusion by the officers , '' Beck said . Hernandez was shot twice in the back and Carranza suffered injuries from broken glass . City settles . They agreed to split a $ 4.2 million settlement , attorneys for the city and the women told reporters in April . The Los Angeles City Council approved the payout in June . Earlier , the women received $ 40,000 to replace their bullet-riddled pickup truck in a separate settlement . Dorner died February 12 while holed up in a cabin in Bear Lake , California , that caught fire when police fired tear gas canisters into it . Days before , he had killed four people and wounded three others as part of a vendetta against his former comrades before apparently taking his own life in the cabin . Dorner declared war on police in a manifesto after being fired by the LAPD in 2009 and losing appeals to be reinstated , claiming that racism in the police department was behind him losing his job .
`` I have a very high standard for the application of deadly force , '' police chief Charlie Beck says . Discipline for the eight officers could range from retraining up to termination . Emma Hernandez was shot in the back and Margie Carranza was injured by broken glass . Ex-officer Christopher Dorner declared war on police after being fired by the LAPD .