California shooting: Four killed, six hurt in Cook’s Corner bar

The shooting happened as patrons gathered for spaghetti night at Cook’s Corner bar

Four people have been killed and six others hurt in a shooting incident at a biker bar in southern California.

The gunman, identified on Thursday as a retired police officer, was among the four who died at Cook’s Corner in Orange County.

Two of the six who were injured are in critical condition, county fire chief Brian Fennessy said.

There have been more than 400 mass shootings in 2023 alone, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

The shooting took place at 19:00 local time (02:00 GMT) as the bar was offering an $8 (£6.30) spaghetti night and a rock music show, which were advertised on the bar’s Facebook page.

It is thought the incident may have started as a domestic incident between the gunman and his wife, CBS News reported citing a police source.

On Thursday, authorities named the suspect as John Snowling, a retired sergeant who worked with the Ventura Police Department in California until 2014.

At least one weapon was recovered from the scene, police said.

Orange County supervisor Katrina Foley said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she was “heartbroken to hear of another senseless mass shooting, this time in our own backyard”.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66603641

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