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| California shooting: gunman kills 12 at Thousand Oaks western bar | California shooting: gunman kills 12 at Thousand Oaks western bar |
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| Twelve people were shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in a crowded country and western bar in southern California, police have said. | Twelve people were shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in a crowded country and western bar in southern California, police have said. |
| The gunman is also dead, said sheriff Sgt Eric Buschow of Ventura county. A sheriff’s sergeant was one of those killed. | |
| “It’s a horrific scene in there. There’s blood everywhere,” said Sheriff Geoff Dean. “The suspect is part of that.” | “It’s a horrific scene in there. There’s blood everywhere,” said Sheriff Geoff Dean. “The suspect is part of that.” |
| Dean said others in the bar at the time of the shooting were currently being interviewed by investigators. | |
| At least 30 shots were fired at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, about 40 miles west of Los Angeles, with the first reports coming in at 11.20pm on Wednesday night. | |
| Witnesses said a man fired several shots from a handgun before tossing smoke bombs into the crowded bar. | Witnesses said a man fired several shots from a handgun before tossing smoke bombs into the crowded bar. |
| Dean said sheriff’s sergeant Ron Helus attended the scene but was shot after he entered the building. He died in a hospital early on Thursday. Authorities did not say how the gunman died. | |
| Helus was described as a father of one and an officer with 29 years of service, who was due to retire next year. | |
| “It saddens us all and tears at our emotions. He died a hero. He went in to save lives, to save other people,” Dean said. | |
| Some tearful reunions among those presumably (though unconfirmed) at Borderline or who knew them at Borderline. #Borderline #BorderlineShooting #ThousandOaksShooting @vcstar pic.twitter.com/0Ik19qFyGa | |
| An injured man told local television channel KTLA: “We just dropped to the ground, we heard a lot of screaming. My friend is the DJ so she cut off the music. We just heard a lot of mayhem.” | |
| Another witness from inside, Teylor Whittler, said: “I was on the dance floor and I heard the gunshots, so I looked back and then all of a sudden everyone screamed: get down! | |
| “It was a huge panic, everyone got up, I was trampled, I was kind of left on the floor until some guy came behind me and grabbed me and dragged me out.” | |
| According to reports people used chairs to break the window and escape, while others took shelter inside the bar’s toilets. | |
| Dean says around 10 other people were shot and wounded. No other information on the victims was immediately known. | Dean says around 10 other people were shot and wounded. No other information on the victims was immediately known. |
| The bar’s website says its hosts “College Country Night” every Wednesday. Police said hundreds were inside when the shooting occurred. | The bar’s website says its hosts “College Country Night” every Wednesday. Police said hundreds were inside when the shooting occurred. |
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