Thousand Oaks shooting leaves 13 people dead, including gunman, and 18 injured
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A former U.S. Marine machine gunner who may have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder burst into a Thousand Oaks bar packed with college students late Wednesday night, tossed a smoke bomb into the crowd and opened fire, authorities said.
Eleven people were killed, in addition to a sheriff’s sergeant responding to the scene who was gunned down by the assailant minutes later.
The Borderline Bar and Grill was hosting line-dancing lessons for college students as young as 18 on Wednesday night. Crowds of young people, including parties for two women celebrating their 21st birthdays, were drinking and dancing when the crack of gunfire echoed through the cavernous room about 11:20 p.m.
Terrified patrons scrambled for cover as bullets flew. Some crouched behind pool tables and in bathroom stalls, fumbling with phones as they tried to call and text their loved ones. Others used barstools to break second-story windows in an attempt to jump to safety.
Nellie Wong’s friends at Cal State Channel Islands in Camarillo had surprised her Wednesday night and taken her out to celebrate her 21st birthday. As the shooting started, she dived to the floor and hid behind a group of tables and barstools, squeezing her nose closed with her hand to avoid choking on the smoke.
“I immediately stopped moving, stopped breathing,” said Wong, who still wore a bright pink cowboy hat and a “Happy Birthday” sash. “Thank goodness, he didn’t see me at all.”
The shooting left 12 people dead and 18 others injured, some who were hurt trying to escape. The severity of their injuries was not immediately known, fire officials said.
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The suspected gunman, Ian David Long, was found dead of a gunshot wound in a back room at the bar. The amount of blood inside the bar made it difficult to tell whether he shot himself or was killed by law enforcement, Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said.
Long, 28, lived in Newbury Park, five miles from the dance hall. He drove his mother’s red Toyota pickup to the Borderline and did not say anything before opening fire, a law enforcement official said.
Long was a machine gunner in the U.S. Marine Corps, reaching the rank of corporal. He served a seven-month tour in Afghanistan during his nearly five years in the service, according to the Department of Defense.
Neighbors on his manicured, leafy street said they suspected he had emotional issues. Deputies who were called to Long’s home in April for a complaint of disturbing the peace said he was irate and was acting irrationally, Dean said. Mental health workers decided he did not meet the standard for an emergency psychiatric hold.
Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, dozens of people lined the sidewalk on Moorpark Road near the bar, their faces illuminated by flashing blue and red police lights. Employees and bar patrons huddled together, crying, hugging and asking each other whether there had been word on loved ones who were still inside.
Thousand Oaks residents said the attack had shattered their view of the suburban area as safe. Several teenagers said their parents were comfortable sending them to Borderline, next to a golf course and the 101 Freeway, because it was familiar and safe.
“This is not something that happens in Thousand Oaks,” said Capt. Garo Kuredjian of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. “Thousand Oaks is one of the safest communities in the United States. For something like that to hit us on our doorstep is devastating.”
This is the second time this year Thousand Oaks has seen violence in a crowded area. In March, a man shot and killed his wife before attempting to shoot himself at the Thousand Oaks Mall.
“It doesn’t matter how low your crime rate is … there’s no way to process,” Dean said. “There’s no way to make sense out of the senseless.”
The Borderline, a barn-like bar with live music and dancing, is popular with college students and country music fans in Ventura County.
The bar’s patrons also frequent the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio, and some were also survivors of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas that left 58 dead last year.
Ventura Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus had been talking to his wife on the phone, as he often did during a shift, when he received a radio call about the shooting, Dean said. Before he rushed to the scene, he told her: “Hon, I got to go, I love you. I gotta go on a call.”
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A gunman opened fire on a crowd inside Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Reports say 12 people were killed and many injured, and the gunman is reportedly dead.
(Pictured) Member of the California State Assembly Jacqui Irwin and Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Eric Buschow comfort each other during a news conference on Nov. 8.
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Firefighters salute from an overpass as a motorcade with the body of Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus goes by on Nov. 8, in Newbury Park, Calif.
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An honor guard salutes the body of Ventura County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ron Helus before it departs the Los Robles Regional Medical Center Thursday, on Nov. 8, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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People cry as a law enforcement motorcade escorts the body of Ventura County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ron Helus from the Los Robles Regional Medical Center on Nov. 8.
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Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean speaks during a news conference after a mass shooting at a bar on Nov. 8.
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A gunman opened fire on a crowd inside Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. Reports say multiple people were killed and injured, and the gunman is reportedly dead.
(Pictured) People comfort each other after a mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018.
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A procession for the body of Sergeant Ron Helus, who died in a shooting incident at a Thousand Oaks bar, drives down Ventura HIghway 101 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018.
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The home of suspected nightclub shooter Ian David Long is searched on Nov. 8 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The gunman has been identified as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a former Marine, the local sheriff said Thursday. The suspect, who was armed with a .45-caliber handgun, was found deceased at the Borderline Bar and Grill, the scene of the shooting in the city of Thousand Oaks northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
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Two sheriff's deputies hug outside the home of the suspect in a shooting incident at a Thousand Oaks bar, in Newbury Park, California, on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Potential witnesses sit near the scene on Nov. 8, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where a gunman opened fire inside a crowded country music bar.
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People arrive to a family assistance and reunification center following a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill on Nov. 8, 2018 in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean speaks to reporters near the scene in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018, where a gunman opened fire the previous night inside a country dance bar crowded with hundreds of people.
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An FBI agent talks to a potential witness as they stand near the scene of the shooting on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Law enforcement officers secure the road leading to the Borderline Bar and Grill on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Ventura County Geoff Dean addresses the media about the mass shooting on Nov. 8, 2018. A sheriff's deputy, 11 attendees and the gunmen were killed.
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A forensics team examine the scene on Nov. 8. 2018.
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Jason Coffman shows a picture of his son Cody as he waits for news of his son, who was at the bar.
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People wait inside the Alex Fiore Thousand Oaks Teen Center where a reunification center has been set-up for people on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Police guard the site of a mass shooting at a bar on Nov. 8, 2018.
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A forensics team gets ready to examine the scene on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Women who fled from the shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill pass by a sheriff's deputy on Nov. 8, 2018.
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People comfort each other as they sit near the scene on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Teylor Whittler (L) is hugged by her father after she fled the Borderline Bar and Grill on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Officers arrive on the scene of the shooting early Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Police move through the vicinity of the shooting on Nov. 8, 2018.
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First responders are seen outside Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Helus and a California Highway Patrol officer were the first people to run into the bar, about four minutes after the first 911 call, Dean said. Helus was shot multiple times, almost immediately, and the CHP officer dragged him out of the building and away from the line of fire.
Helus died early Thursday morning at a hospital, leaving behind his wife and a son. He was a 29-year veteran of the department who planned to retire in a year or two, Dean said.
About 15 to 20 minutes passed before a second group of officers burst into the bar and began firing. Long was found dead in a back room.
The shooter was armed with a Glock 21 .45-caliber handgun, Dean said. A source who was not authorized to speak publicly said Long legally purchased the weapon in Simi Valley. The gun is designed in California to hold 10 bullets, in addition to one in the chamber.
The shooter’s weapon had an extended magazine, Dean said; he added he did not know how many bullets were in the weapon or how many the magazine could actually hold.
Evidence suggests Long worked alone and did not plan other attacks, said Paul Delacourt, the assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. Naming a motivation for the shooting would be “premature,” he said.
“I don’t want to get out in front of what the evidence in the investigation will show,” Delacourt said.
In addition to examining evidence from the scene, the FBI will interview witnesses, examine Long’s digital footprint and review video footage from inside the bar, he said.
Matthew Wennerstrom, a Borderline regular, said he had been inside for an hour when he heard gunfire. He pulled as many people as he could to the floor and under a pool table, tried to quiet those around him and count the shots.
When the gunman stopped shooting, possibly to reload, Wennerstrom enlisted others to help smash some of the bar’s windows with chairs, hoping to escape before the next volley of gunfire.
“All I could think about was how helpless I was,” Wennerstrom said.
A video taken inside the Borderline during the shooting and shared on Instagram showed red, purple and green spotlights flickering through the smoky air onto the empty dance floor as the sound of gunshots and screams rang out in the background.
During a break in the gunfire, the man filming sprinted toward the exit, the video punctuated by his heavy breathing. He shouted, “He’s coming out this door!” before making his escape.
In the Instagram post, the man wrote that the gunman was “shooting the wounded on the ground.”
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Large crowds formed outside the Borderline early Thursday morning as friends and family arrived seeking news about their loved ones. Some made desperate phone calls, seeking information about people still inside. Others read out the names of their friends on live television interviews.
Carl Edgar, 24, of Tarzana said he had about 20 friends inside the bar, where he is a regular. He tried to reach them early Thursday, but couldn’t contact everyone. Edgar reasoned that they may have turned off their phones “to be safe,” he said.
“A lot of my friends survived Route 91,” Edgar said. “If they survived that, they will survive this.”
A hotline has been established for those seeking information about loved ones at (805) 465-6650. A family reunification center also was established at the Thousand Oaks Teen Center, where Mayor Pro Tem Rob McCoy was seen around 3:30 a.m.
McCoy embraced one couple as they walked up. Inside, he said, the mood was somber as loved ones waited for news.
Adam Housley, who until six weeks ago was a national correspondent for Fox News, arrived at the Los Robles Regional Medical Center around 3:30 a.m., searching for his niece Alaina, 18, a freshman at Pepperdine University.
Four hours after the shooting, when victims had been evacuated, Alaina’s Apple Watch and iPhone still showed that she was at the Borderline.
“My gut is saying she’s inside the bar, dead,” Housley said. “I’m hoping I’m wrong.”
Housley said he knew the grim reality of being a journalist on the scene after a mass shooting, saying: “You just don’t think that — same stupid quote — you just don’t think it’s going to happen to you.”
He learned hours later that Alaina had been killed. In a statement, Housley said she was “an incredible young woman with so much life ahead of her.”
Tim Dominguez, who has been going to Borderline for 16 years, said he wouldn’t normally go on a Wednesday because it’s college night. But his 26-year-old son wanted to go and shoot pool.
Dominguez said they were preparing to leave when he heard shots and saw the bouncer collapse. Then the gunman turned and “kept on shooting,” firing rapidly toward a crowd of about 40 people on the dance floor, he said.
“He was good at it,” Dominguez said, “like he knew what he was doing.”
Dominguez said that as he and his son ran from the bar, they yelled for people to get down. Though both of them are safe, Dominguez is wrestling with what he could have done differently.
“I feel guilty that I left,” he said. “That guilt that I could have done something more.”
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A former U.S. Marine machine gunner who may have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder burst into a Thousand Oaks bar packed with college students late Wednesday night, tossed a smoke bomb into the crowd and opened fire, authorities said.
Eleven people were killed, in addition to a sheriff’s sergeant responding to the scene who was gunned down by the assailant minutes later.
The Borderline Bar and Grill was hosting line-dancing lessons for college students as young as 18 on Wednesday night. Crowds of young people, including parties for two women celebrating their 21st birthdays, were drinking and dancing when the crack of gunfire echoed through the cavernous room about 11:20 p.m.
Terrified patrons scrambled for cover as bullets flew. Some crouched behind pool tables and in bathroom stalls, fumbling with phones as they tried to call and text their loved ones. Others used barstools to break second-story windows in an attempt to jump to safety.
Nellie Wong’s friends at Cal State Channel Islands in Camarillo had surprised her Wednesday night and taken her out to celebrate her 21st birthday. As the shooting started, she dived to the floor and hid behind a group of tables and barstools, squeezing her nose closed with her hand to avoid choking on the smoke.
“I immediately stopped moving, stopped breathing,” said Wong, who still wore a bright pink cowboy hat and a “Happy Birthday” sash. “Thank goodness, he didn’t see me at all.”
The shooting left 12 people dead and 18 others injured, some who were hurt trying to escape. The severity of their injuries was not immediately known, fire officials said.
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The suspected gunman, Ian David Long, was found dead of a gunshot wound in a back room at the bar. The amount of blood inside the bar made it difficult to tell whether he shot himself or was killed by law enforcement, Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said.
Long, 28, lived in Newbury Park, five miles from the dance hall. He drove his mother’s red Toyota pickup to the Borderline and did not say anything before opening fire, a law enforcement official said.
Long was a machine gunner in the U.S. Marine Corps, reaching the rank of corporal. He served a seven-month tour in Afghanistan during his nearly five years in the service, according to the Department of Defense.
Neighbors on his manicured, leafy street said they suspected he had emotional issues. Deputies who were called to Long’s home in April for a complaint of disturbing the peace said he was irate and was acting irrationally, Dean said. Mental health workers decided he did not meet the standard for an emergency psychiatric hold.
Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, dozens of people lined the sidewalk on Moorpark Road near the bar, their faces illuminated by flashing blue and red police lights. Employees and bar patrons huddled together, crying, hugging and asking each other whether there had been word on loved ones who were still inside.
Thousand Oaks residents said the attack had shattered their view of the suburban area as safe. Several teenagers said their parents were comfortable sending them to Borderline, next to a golf course and the 101 Freeway, because it was familiar and safe.
“This is not something that happens in Thousand Oaks,” said Capt. Garo Kuredjian of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. “Thousand Oaks is one of the safest communities in the United States. For something like that to hit us on our doorstep is devastating.”
This is the second time this year Thousand Oaks has seen violence in a crowded area. In March, a man shot and killed his wife before attempting to shoot himself at the Thousand Oaks Mall.
“It doesn’t matter how low your crime rate is … there’s no way to process,” Dean said. “There’s no way to make sense out of the senseless.”
The Borderline, a barn-like bar with live music and dancing, is popular with college students and country music fans in Ventura County.
The bar’s patrons also frequent the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio, and some were also survivors of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas that left 58 dead last year.
Ventura Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus had been talking to his wife on the phone, as he often did during a shift, when he received a radio call about the shooting, Dean said. Before he rushed to the scene, he told her: “Hon, I got to go, I love you. I gotta go on a call.”
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A gunman opened fire on a crowd inside Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Reports say 12 people were killed and many injured, and the gunman is reportedly dead.
(Pictured) Member of the California State Assembly Jacqui Irwin and Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Eric Buschow comfort each other during a news conference on Nov. 8.
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Firefighters salute from an overpass as a motorcade with the body of Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus goes by on Nov. 8, in Newbury Park, Calif.
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An honor guard salutes the body of Ventura County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ron Helus before it departs the Los Robles Regional Medical Center Thursday, on Nov. 8, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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People cry as a law enforcement motorcade escorts the body of Ventura County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ron Helus from the Los Robles Regional Medical Center on Nov. 8.
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Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean speaks during a news conference after a mass shooting at a bar on Nov. 8.
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A gunman opened fire on a crowd inside Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. Reports say multiple people were killed and injured, and the gunman is reportedly dead.
(Pictured) People comfort each other after a mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018.
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A procession for the body of Sergeant Ron Helus, who died in a shooting incident at a Thousand Oaks bar, drives down Ventura HIghway 101 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018.
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An undated handout photo made available by the Ventura County Sheriff Department showing Sergeant Ron Helus, who died along with 12 attendees and the gunmen following the shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018.
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The home of suspected nightclub shooter Ian David Long is searched on Nov. 8 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The gunman has been identified as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a former Marine, the local sheriff said Thursday. The suspect, who was armed with a .45-caliber handgun, was found deceased at the Borderline Bar and Grill, the scene of the shooting in the city of Thousand Oaks northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
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Two sheriff's deputies hug outside the home of the suspect in a shooting incident at a Thousand Oaks bar, in Newbury Park, California, on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Potential witnesses sit near the scene on Nov. 8, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where a gunman opened fire inside a crowded country music bar.
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People arrive to a family assistance and reunification center following a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill on Nov. 8, 2018 in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean speaks to reporters near the scene in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018, where a gunman opened fire the previous night inside a country dance bar crowded with hundreds of people.
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An FBI agent talks to a potential witness as they stand near the scene of the shooting on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Law enforcement officers secure the road leading to the Borderline Bar and Grill on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Ventura County Geoff Dean addresses the media about the mass shooting on Nov. 8, 2018. A sheriff's deputy, 11 attendees and the gunmen were killed.
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A forensics team examine the scene on Nov. 8. 2018.
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Jason Coffman shows a picture of his son Cody as he waits for news of his son, who was at the bar.
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People wait inside the Alex Fiore Thousand Oaks Teen Center where a reunification center has been set-up for people on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Police guard the site of a mass shooting at a bar on Nov. 8, 2018.
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A forensics team gets ready to examine the scene on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Women who fled from the shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill pass by a sheriff's deputy on Nov. 8, 2018.
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People comfort each other as they sit near the scene on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Teylor Whittler (L) is hugged by her father after she fled the Borderline Bar and Grill on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Officers arrive on the scene of the shooting early Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Police move through the vicinity of the shooting on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Officials tend to a person on the ground in the vicinity of a shooting on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Police vehicles line a road in the vicinity of the shooting on Nov. 8, 2018.
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First responders are seen outside Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018.
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Helus and a California Highway Patrol officer were the first people to run into the bar, about four minutes after the first 911 call, Dean said. Helus was shot multiple times, almost immediately, and the CHP officer dragged him out of the building and away from the line of fire.
Helus died early Thursday morning at a hospital, leaving behind his wife and a son. He was a 29-year veteran of the department who planned to retire in a year or two, Dean said.
About 15 to 20 minutes passed before a second group of officers burst into the bar and began firing. Long was found dead in a back room.
The shooter was armed with a Glock 21 .45-caliber handgun, Dean said. A source who was not authorized to speak publicly said Long legally purchased the weapon in Simi Valley. The gun is designed in California to hold 10 bullets, in addition to one in the chamber.
The shooter’s weapon had an extended magazine, Dean said; he added he did not know how many bullets were in the weapon or how many the magazine could actually hold.
Evidence suggests Long worked alone and did not plan other attacks, said Paul Delacourt, the assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. Naming a motivation for the shooting would be “premature,” he said.
“I don’t want to get out in front of what the evidence in the investigation will show,” Delacourt said.
In addition to examining evidence from the scene, the FBI will interview witnesses, examine Long’s digital footprint and review video footage from inside the bar, he said.
Matthew Wennerstrom, a Borderline regular, said he had been inside for an hour when he heard gunfire. He pulled as many people as he could to the floor and under a pool table, tried to quiet those around him and count the shots.
When the gunman stopped shooting, possibly to reload, Wennerstrom enlisted others to help smash some of the bar’s windows with chairs, hoping to escape before the next volley of gunfire.
“All I could think about was how helpless I was,” Wennerstrom said.
A video taken inside the Borderline during the shooting and shared on Instagram showed red, purple and green spotlights flickering through the smoky air onto the empty dance floor as the sound of gunshots and screams rang out in the background.
During a break in the gunfire, the man filming sprinted toward the exit, the video punctuated by his heavy breathing. He shouted, “He’s coming out this door!” before making his escape.
In the Instagram post, the man wrote that the gunman was “shooting the wounded on the ground.”
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Large crowds formed outside the Borderline early Thursday morning as friends and family arrived seeking news about their loved ones. Some made desperate phone calls, seeking information about people still inside. Others read out the names of their friends on live television interviews.
Carl Edgar, 24, of Tarzana said he had about 20 friends inside the bar, where he is a regular. He tried to reach them early Thursday, but couldn’t contact everyone. Edgar reasoned that they may have turned off their phones “to be safe,” he said.
“A lot of my friends survived Route 91,” Edgar said. “If they survived that, they will survive this.”
A hotline has been established for those seeking information about loved ones at (805) 465-6650. A family reunification center also was established at the Thousand Oaks Teen Center, where Mayor Pro Tem Rob McCoy was seen around 3:30 a.m.
McCoy embraced one couple as they walked up. Inside, he said, the mood was somber as loved ones waited for news.
Adam Housley, who until six weeks ago was a national correspondent for Fox News, arrived at the Los Robles Regional Medical Center around 3:30 a.m., searching for his niece Alaina, 18, a freshman at Pepperdine University.
Four hours after the shooting, when victims had been evacuated, Alaina’s Apple Watch and iPhone still showed that she was at the Borderline.
“My gut is saying she’s inside the bar, dead,” Housley said. “I’m hoping I’m wrong.”
Housley said he knew the grim reality of being a journalist on the scene after a mass shooting, saying: “You just don’t think that — same stupid quote — you just don’t think it’s going to happen to you.”
He learned hours later that Alaina had been killed. In a statement, Housley said she was “an incredible young woman with so much life ahead of her.”
Tim Dominguez, who has been going to Borderline for 16 years, said he wouldn’t normally go on a Wednesday because it’s college night. But his 26-year-old son wanted to go and shoot pool.
Dominguez said they were preparing to leave when he heard shots and saw the bouncer collapse. Then the gunman turned and “kept on shooting,” firing rapidly toward a crowd of about 40 people on the dance floor, he said.
“He was good at it,” Dominguez said, “like he knew what he was doing.”
Dominguez said that as he and his son ran from the bar, they yelled for people to get down. Though both of them are safe, Dominguez is wrestling with what he could have done differently.
“I feel guilty that I left,” he said. “That guilt that I could have done something more.”
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