California shooting: Ian David Long, Ex-Marine Kills 12 at Thousand Oaks Bar Filled with College Students
The California man who killed a dozen people at a bar packed with college students was a former Marine who may have been suffering from PTSD, the Ventura County sheriff said.
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Ian David Long, 28, who lived in nearby Newbury Park, unleashed a hail of bullets at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks late Wednesday, Sheriff Geoff Dean told reporters.
He was armed with a .45-caliber Glock 21 handgun that he had legally purchased in Simi Valley, as well as a “smoke device,” he said.
The gun — which in California may hold 10 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber — was fitted with an extended magazine, which is illegal in the state.
“We do not know at this time how many rounds were actually in the weapon or how many rounds...
