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At least 12 people were killed and perhaps a dozen others injured late Wednesday at a packed Southern California bar when a gunman dressed in black burst in, tossed smoke grenades and fired off dozens of rounds, witnesses and authorities said.
The suspect was found dead inside the bar, police said. Authorities are working to determine who he is and what his motive may have been.
The gunman used a semi-automatic weapon in the attack, according to the Ventura County Star.
The number of potential victims is unclear, but a witness told ABC Los Angeles station KABC-TV that he saw a security guard get shot, and that the alleged shooter appeared to use "a big handgun" and smoke grenades.
"The gunman was throwing smoke grenades all over the place," a different witness told KABC. "I saw him point to the back of the cash register ... and he just kept firing. I ran out the front door.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-...ass-shooting-california-bar/story?id=59050130
Couldn't sleep, so I turned on the TV only to see this story breaking. BBC reporting the club is for country music, which seems odd since the 2016 LV shooter also targeted country music fans.
The shooter in this one died as well. It's too early to know motive, but I can't help thinking its odd to have have 2 mass shootings targeting country music fans in a little over a year.