Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean has identified Southern California bar gunman as 28-year-old Ian David Long. There is no known motive for the shooting, the sheriff said, adding that the suspect shot at random inside the bar.
#BREAKING update from Sheriff: #LA mass shooting suspect identified as Ian David Long, 28. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. Deputies say they've had interactions with him in the past including an April call at his house involving crisis intervention. #borderlinebar
— LAUREN VICTORY (@LaurenVictory) 8 ноября 2018 г.
Dean explained that police officers immediately engaged Long on the scene and he likely killed himself.
According to a neighbor, who knew the gunman, Long suffered from Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
"I don't know what he was doing with a gun," the woman said.
Sgt. Ron Helus with the Ventura County Sheriff's Department was among the 12 killed and will be honored at 10 a.m. with a procession, Dean proceeded to say.
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When the gunfire started on Wednesday night at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, a distant suburb of Los Angeles, people who were dancing dropped to the floor and hid behind chairs and counters in stunned silence, according to media reports.
