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A GUNMAN HAS shot three people dead and wounded at least six others at a bar in the US state of California.
The shooter also died in the incident, with police saying there was an “officer-involved shooting” at the location but that no officers had been hurt.
“Confirmed 4 deceased at scene, inc. the shooter,” the Orange County Sheriff said on social media. “6 transported to hospitals, 5 reported (with) gunshot wounds.”
Senior fire department official Brian Fennessy said two of the wounded were in “critical condition”.
Dozens of law enforcement officers have responded to Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon where there were reports of multiple people shot. We’re on scene gathering info now @ktla #cookscorner pic.twitter.com/BEtfO2O1we
— Chip Yost (@ChipYost) August 24, 2023
The incident is the latest gun violence to hit the United States, a country where tens of thousands of people die from firearms every year.
The shooting took place at the Cook’s Corner bar, a venue popular with bikers, around 70 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles.
The Orange County Register, citing sources, said the incident was sparked by a domestic dispute.
Police said they were investigating reports that the gunman was a former law enforcement officer.
“At least one weapon has been recovered at the scene and we have been made aware that the subject may be retired law enforcement,” Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes told reporters.
#BREAKING Mass shooting at the Cook’s Corner biker bar in Lake Forest.
— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) August 24, 2023
It appears at least 2 people are dead. Reports of 9 people hit.
It’s unclear what prompted this. pic.twitter.com/LXYYy5CRkI
Barnes said there had been more than 30 witnesses at the crime scene and that police were interviewing them.
One man interviewed by news outlet ABC7 said he had friends in the bar who were unhurt.
“They’re upset, of course. They were right next to the shooter. They said it’s an older man with a grey beard,” he told the channel.
Footage broadcast on local television stations showed at least three bodies covered by sheets outside the bar.
One body was on the street, one in the parking lot and another at the back of the bar.
Motorcyclist Gus Gunderman, from nearby Tustin, wrote on Facebook that he had been at the bar earlier in the evening and had left just before the violence erupted.
“Glad to be home safe. I left there not too long ago, like minutes before. Apparently it was soon enough.”
At least 12,346 people have been killed in the United States in gun violence this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a non-governmental group. That figure does not include at least 15,576 suicides involving firearms.
There have been at least 465 mass shootings – defined as incidents where four or more people were shot – in 2023, according to the GVA.
Polls show overwhelming popular support for a blanket rule requiring that anyone purchasing a firearm be checked for a criminal record but calls to restrict gun ownership or use have been resisted by politicians.
Republicans in Congress argue that to impose such a rule would impinge on the constitutional right to own weapons and should be left up to individual states to decide.
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I wonder will Kenny say something Important today or will he just be there to kiss Merkels ass?
As long as our gang insist that corporation tax isn’t negotiable, we may forget a debt deal. Raising this soft tax by 2 or 3% in order to have the majority of bank debt wiped out sounds like a no Brainer to me! It seems that business leaders have Kenny and co brainwashed though, so I’m not holding my breath!
Bit of luck the snivelling worm stays there.
Hopefully it was a one way ticket he bought.
All this amounts to is a photo op with the power brokers & another opportunity for Enda to delude himself into thinking that his presence there makes a difference. I’m sure their collective conscience will be eased over a nice free meal although that does not apply to Enda as his conscience walked through the exit door decades ago.
Can’t see how difficult it would be to patrol the medditeranean and stop those boats taking off in the first place. With all the satellite and military technology the eu has at it’s disposal, a few rust buckets should not be a problem to interdict or blockade.
Must be a matter of there not being the political will. Again, fear of do gooding leftists bleeding hearts. Funny how the “Europe last” brigade hold all the sway.
Hopefully the EU Council will put Kenny into childcare until his nationality is proven, he most certainly is not Irish and was probably given away by his parents after he was born. He stated himself that he was “proud to be European.”
I’ve never heard an Irish person refer to themselves as a ‘European’. So Kenny’s not a traitor after all. He is not Irish but European.
Now it all makes sense.
Wonder what the odds are that the US NSA will also be in attendance….in *spirit* if not physically
I take it there are no debates expected at this meeting. I see he is also now calling for the banking deal to be made good. I guess that means the only seismic shift Enda got was in his head and no where else.
I suppose at least our people leaving have a decent transport system to go on ,for the moment anyway
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