( CNN ) -- The couple who called police after being held hostage in Big Bear , California , by rogue ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner will get a majority of the $ 1 million reward for information that led authorities to him . Karen Reynolds and her husband , Jim , called 911 on February 12 to report that Dorner had tied them up and stolen their car . They will receive 80 % of the reward , put up by the city of Los Angeles with help from other jurisdictions , groups , and private donors . A panel of three judges awarded 15 % to the Daniel McGowan , who discovered Dorner 's burning truck near the ski resort town , and 5 % to R. Lee McDaniel , who spotted Dorner on February 7 and informed police . The panel said nine other people who filed claims were not entitled to any reward money . The manhunt for Dorner ended when Dorner was cornered and died in the San Bernardino Mountains , about 100 miles east of the city where he once had been a police officer . The 33-year-old former Navy officer holed up in a cabin after a shootout with law enforcement . The renegade cop killed four people and wounded three others as part of a vendetta against his former comrades before apparently taking his own life .
Reward was offered by city of Los Angeles , other towns , counties . Christopher Dorner killed four people in February . He died the same day he stole the couple 's car . They called 911 , enabling police to track down the fugitive .