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At least 11 people, incl police officer confirmed injured in California bar shooting At least 11 people, incl police officer confirmed injured in California bar shooting (PHOTO, VIDEO)
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Police said that at least eleven people, including an officer, have been confirmed injured after a gunman opened fire on a packed bar in Thousand Oaks, California. The scene is still considered active.Police said that at least eleven people, including an officer, have been confirmed injured after a gunman opened fire on a packed bar in Thousand Oaks, California. The scene is still considered active.
The shooter is still at large, it is understood. SWAT officers and at least four ambulances rushed to the scene. It is understood that approximately 30 shots have been fired. The incident is being treated as a level 2 mass casualty incident, meaning that between 11 and 20 casualties could have been sustained.
A law enforcement source told the LA Times that approximately 30 shots were fired and that victims were at multiple locations as they fled. Police were apparently advised that the suspect was a Middle Eastern man in his early 20s with a beard and wearing all black clothing. That has not been confirmed officially, though. Witnesses describing the moment the gunman opened fire said the man first shot the bar’s security guard at the door with a handgun. The alleged perpetrator then threw smoke bombs into the bar and continued shooting.
Witnesses describing the moment the gunman opened fire said the man first shot the guard at the door with a handgun. The alleged perpetrator then threw smoke bombs into the bar and continued shooting. Some of the people fled to a nearby gas station to safety, with reports saying people broke the glass of windows in an attempt to escape the rampage.
The FBI are now at the scene of the shooting and the bomb squad has been requested. One witness, who was with his stepson at the time of the shooting told ABC7: “ There were just young people, 18, 19, 20, just having a great time. And then this maniac came in and started shooting people for no reason at all.”
Another, who escaped through the front door after the shooting started described other people’s attempts to flee the gunman.
“I ran out the front door. I hear chairs being thrown out the window, people were trying to get out the window.”
“There was probably 12 shots before I got out the front door.”
The FBI were also deployed to the scene of the shooting and the bomb squad has been requested. Police were apparently advised that the suspect was a “bearded” man in his early 20s wearing all black clothing.
Law enforcement said later that at least 11 people have been wounded in the carnage, including one deputy.
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