MASS SHOOTINGS
California Shooter Identified as 28 Year Old White Male – Drove Mother’s Car to Bar Before Killing 12

This article has been updated to reflect information from Sheriff’s press conference.
The suspect believed to have shot 12 people to death in a Ventura County, California bar overnight has been identified.
The Ventura County Sheriff at a 10 AM ET press conference identified the suspect as Ian David Long, and says he was 28. He adds Long was a veteran and former Marine, and is believed to have died from a self-inflicted wound.
Ventura County sheriff says #Borderlineshooting suspect name is Ian David Long. He used a Glock-21 .45 caliber handgun with an extended magazine. No info on motive at this point.
Long had contact with a police crisis intervention team last April. pic.twitter.com/yf0zBvKwY2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 8, 2018
“The shooter was found dead at the scene from a gunshot wound. Several law enforcement officials identified him as Ian Long, 29,” NBC News reports. “Law enforcement officials had earlier described him as a heavily tattooed white male.”
An ABC News affiliate in Southern California has named him as David Ian Long.
The LA Times adds that the shooter “drove his mother’s car to the attack and said nothing upon entering the bar.”
#BorderlineBar gunman identified. Per @NBCNews he is Ian Long, a 29-year old white man. He is among the dead in the shooting. @nbcbayarea https://t.co/xicI6uF4qk pic.twitter.com/lZTvw4LphO
— Kris Sanchez (@KrisNBC) November 8, 2018
“Authorities said the man was heavily tattooed but apparently didn’t have identification on him,” the Times notes.
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