• Thousand Oaks shooting: 13 killed at Gay Borderline Bar & Grill, includ

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    THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks
    nightclub left 13 people dead, including a Ventura County
    sheriff's sergeant and the gunman, authorities said Thursday
    morning.

    Ventura County sheriff's Sgt. Eric Buschow, as well as Sheriff
    Geoff Dean, said they did not want to count the suspect among
    the 12 victims.

    Father identifies son as one of 12 slain in Thousand Oaks
    massacre in heartbreaking press conference

    In an emotional press conference, a Camarillo man confirmed his
    son, 22-year-old Cody Coffman, was one of the victims killed in
    the tragedy.

    "This was my first-born son. I am speechless and heartbroken,"
    his father said, as tears ran down his face. "My life has
    changed forever."

    "Sister Sister" actress Tamera Mowry-Housley and her husband
    released a statement confirming that their niece, Alaina
    Housley, was among those killed.

    Justin Meek, 23, was also confirmed to be among the victims,
    according to his alma mater California Lutheran University.

    RELATED: Actress Tamera Mowry's niece Alaina Housley among dead
    in Thousand Oaks shooting

    Authorities identified the suspected shooter as 28-year-old Ian
    David Long, a former machine gunner and decorated combat veteran
    of the United States Marine Corps, according to sheriff's
    officials. They added that they believe Long fatally shot
    himself after the massacre. He was found inside an office near
    the entrance of the venue.

    A motive for the shooting is still unknown.

    Long's gun, which appears to be a .45-caliber handgun, was
    purchased legally, according to ABC News. The Associated Press
    reports that he also deployed a smoke device.

    Long lived in the 800 block of Newbury Park with his mother,
    about about 5 miles from the shooting scene. Deputies responded
    last April to the home over a call of a family disturbance.
    Mental health specialists talked to the suspect that day and
    cleared him, Dean said. Law enforcement officials are now at the
    Newbury Park home as part of the ongoing investigation.

    One other person was wounded by gunfire, and as many as 15
    others suffered minor injuries from jumping out windows or
    diving under tables, authorities said.

    The shooting happened around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday at Borderline
    Bar & Grill at 99 Rolling Oaks Drive. Ventura County sheriff's
    officials said there were reports of shots fired at the bar and
    club.

    Dean said the gunman immediately shot a security guard after
    entering the bar, turned to the right and shot several other
    security officials, employees and patrons.

    Two friends of the murdered security guard told ABC News he had
    survived the Las Vegas mass shooting. One of those friends was
    with him at the concert. They said they are heartbroken and
    completely crushed by this loss.

    Authorities said hundreds of people were inside the bar when the
    gunfire rang out. In an interview, Buschow came close to tears
    and said he knows the sergeant who died.

    "It's been a rough night for all of us," he said.

    During a 3 a.m. press briefing, Dean identified the sergeant as
    Ron Helus, a 29-year veteran of the department who considered
    retiring within the next year. At points he choked up, but said
    that Helus died a hero.

    Helus was the first officer inside the door, Dean said.

    "Ron was a hardworking, dedicated sheriff's sergeant. He was
    totally committed. He gave his all and tonight, as I told his
    wife, he died a hero because he went in to save lives, to save
    other people," he said.

    Helus was immediately hit with multiple gunshots, Dean said. The
    highway patrolman pulled Helus out, then waited as a SWAT team
    and scores more officers arrived. Helus died early Thursday at a
    hospital.

    By the time officers entered the bar again, the gunfire had
    stopped, according to the sheriff.

    Dean also said in his 41 years in law enforcement, he'd never
    experienced a mass shooting. He described the scene as "blood
    everywhere." He later revealed the massacre happened on his last
    day serving as sheriff.

    "I never thought I would see the things around the country that
    would happen, but I've learned it doesn't matter what community
    you're in, it doesn't matter how safe your community is, it can
    happen anywhere," he said.

    Helus was transported at 10 a.m. via motorcade from Los Robles
    Hospital to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office in the
    city of Ventura.

    Firefighters honored Helus with a giant U.S. flag raised by two
    ladder trucks over the route. People lined the streets as the
    hearse went by.

    President Donald Trump tweeted that he was "fully briefed on the
    terrible shooting." He praised law enforcement, saying "Great
    bravery shown by police" and said "God bless all of the victims
    and families of the victims."


    Donald J. Trump
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    @realDonaldTrump
    I have been fully briefed on the terrible shooting in
    California. Law Enforcement and First Responders, together with
    the FBI, are on scene. 13 people, at this time, have been
    reported dead. Likewise, the shooter is dead, along with the
    first police officer to enter the bar....

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    Donald J. Trump
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    @realDonaldTrump
    ....Great bravery shown by police. California Highway Patrol
    was on scene within 3 minutes, with first officer to enter shot
    numerous times. That Sheriff’s Sergeant died in the hospital.
    God bless all of the victims and families of the victims. Thank
    you to Law Enforcement.

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    Witness John Hedge, of Moorpark, said he saw the suspect
    throwing smoke bombs into the front of the restaurant. He also
    said he saw one security guard get shot.

    "I was at the front door and I was talking to my stepdad. I just
    started hearing these big pops. Pop, pop, pop. There was
    probably three or four, I hit the ground. I look up - the
    security guard is dead. Well, I don't want to say he was dead,
    but he was shot.

    "He was down. The gunman was throwing smoke grenades all over
    the place. I saw him point to the back of the cash
    register...and he just kept firing. I ran out the front door,"
    he said.

    Hedge added that there may have been about 12 shots by the time
    he got out of the door. He described the gunman as having a
    beard and wearing a hat, black jacket and possibly glasses.

    "I thought it was a joke when the shots started firing. I know
    people there. I hope everybody's OK. I don't know how I didn't
    get shot," the man said.

    Tim, Hedge's stepfather, who was in tears, said he was next to
    the entrance about to leave after playing pool when smoke came
    into the room.

    "He fired the first shot. I knew it was live. I knew it was
    real. My son thought it was a joke so I pulled him down and got
    some cover. I looked up and he was moving to the right. He shot
    the front doorman, who was just a young man. Then he shot the
    cashier, just a young girl.

    "Then he started moving to the right. He wasn't looking at us.
    Then he went into the office, where all the cash and stuff is.
    He didn't say anything at all. He just started shooting," he
    said.

    Multiple law enforcement agencies, including Simi Valley and
    Oxnard police, arrived to help sheriff's deputies and SWAT
    officers.


    Oxnard Police Dept.
    @OxnardPD1903
    We have sent patrol and SWAT resources to assist with the
    incident in Thousand Oaks. We will continue to monitor and
    provide whatever resources are requested. Please keep the
    victims in your thoughts & prayers.

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    FBI agents were also at the scene.

    The country bar is located near the 101 Freeway off Moorpark
    Road.

    The website for Borderline showed that Wednesday nights are
    College Country Nights that last from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m.
    Colleges near the club are California Lutheran University and
    California State University, Channel Islands, as well as
    Moorpark, Ventura and Oxnard College.

    "Unfortunately our young people, people at nightclubs, have
    learned that this may happen, and they think about that," the
    sheriff said. "Fortunately it helped save a lot of lives that
    they fled the scene so rapidly."

    Students from Pepperdine University in Malibu also often attend
    College Country Nights. The school later confirmed that at least
    16 of its students were in the venue at the time of the
    incident. They said only one of those students was unaccounted
    for -- until it was learned victim Alaina Housley, who was a
    freshman at the campus, was killed.

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    Greg Lee
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    @abc7greg
    Statement from @pepperdine regarding reported mass shooting at
    #Borderline in #ThousandOaks. Confirms several #Pepperdine
    students were there tonight along with students from colleges
    and community colleges all over the area. Pepp‘s my alma mater.
    Just awful. @ABC7

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    Aside from victim Justin Meek, it's unclear how many other
    students from California Lutheran University were at the bar
    during the shooting. The campus sent an alert to students that
    all classes are canceled for the day.

    A family unification center was set up at 1375 E. Janss Road,
    where several devastated families waited to hear news about
    their loved ones.

    An emergency hotline has been established at (805) 465-6650.


    Ventura Co. Sheriff
    @VENTURASHERIFF
    An Emergency Information Hotline to assist locating people that
    may have been involved in the #BorderLineShooting incident has
    been established by @Venturaoes: at 805-465-6650

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    Multiple blood drives are being held to help the victims of the
    shooting. To learn more on how to help those affected, click
    here.

    A Chicago-area native was inside the bar at the time of the
    shooting. Savannah Stafseth has a few cuts and bruises as she
    was trying to escape.

    She grew up here in the Chicago area. Her family lives in
    northwest suburban Bartlett.

    "A guy was able to throw me out the window," she said. "They had
    chairs and threw them out the window and they were able to take
    me and the girlfriend that I was with out the window and carried
    us right up here."

    One of her rescuers, Matt Wennerstrom, used a bar stool to break
    a window. He pulled Savannah and her friend out along with about
    30 other people.

    Matt said he and several others grabbed as many people as he
    heard a break in the gunfire.

    "When we were going back to grab more people, the guy being
    pulled out had a chest wound and the guys carrying him out were
    tired so we took over and carried him to the paramedics," he
    said. "That's the only person I actually came in contact with
    who had an injury from the attacker."

    WLS contributed to this report.

    https://abc7chicago.com/thousand-oaks-shooting-13-killed-at- nightclub-including-gunman-ian-david-long/4645238/
     

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