2018 Thousand Oaks Shooting
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The 2018 Thousand Oaks Shooting refers to a mass shooting that took place in early November 2018 at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. A total of 13 people including the suspect were killed in the shooting, along with an additional 25 injured.
Background
On the evening of November 7th, 2018, a shooting occurred at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, during which smoke bombs were thrown while the shooter fired with a .45 caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun equipped with an extended magazine. Of the 12 people killed by the suspect, 11 were college students and one was Sgt. Ron Helus.
The Suspect
The perpetrator was identified as Ian David Long, a 28-year-old veteran of the Marine Corps. Prior to the shooting, he had a previous interaction with authorities who investigated him for a disturbance near his home.
Developments
News Media Coverage
The following morning, the news channel ABC 7 broadcast an interview with a survivor tearfully describing the incident (shown below).
Meanwhile, Good Morning America aired an interview with women who survived the shooting, who said "multiple men" got on their knees in front of them to block bullets from the shooter (shown below).
Woman who was celebrating her 21st birthday at Thousand Oaks bar where shooting broke out: "There were multiple men that got on their knees and pretty much blocked all of us…ready to take a bullet for any single one of us." https://t.co/109XGLelzj pic.twitter.com/6BbeE2XkfE
— Good Morning America (@GMA) November 8, 2018
Donald Trump's Response
Also on the morning of November 8th, 2018, United States President Donald Trump tweeted about the incident, thanking law enforcement and blessing the victims and their families (shown below).
Sexual Assault Allegation
On November 8th, 2018, the KCAL 9 CBS local news station released an interview with former Newbury Park High School track coach Dominique Colell, who claimed Long had sexually assaulted her when she was his track coach (shown below).
“Ian came up and started screaming at me that was his phone. He just started grabbing me. He groped my stomach. He groped my butt. I pushed him off me and said after that -- ‘you’re off the team.’”
That day, a Twitter Moments[8] page was created titled "High school coach alleges Thousand Oaks suspected shooter assaulted her," highlighting various reactions to the assault allegation.
Online Reaction
Following the shooting, the hashtags #CaliforniaShooting[3] and #GunControlNow[4] began trending on Twitter. Meanwhile, posts about the shooting reached the front page of the /r/California,[5] /r/news[6] and /r/TheDonald[7] subreddits.
Search Interest
External References
[1] New York Times -12 Killed in California Shooting; Gunman Targeted Bar in Thousand Oaks
[2] CNN -Live updates: California shooting leaves 12 dead in Thousand Oaks
[3] Twitter – #CaliforniaShooting
[4] Twitter – #GunControlNow
[5] Reddit – /r/California
[7] Reddit – /r/The_Donald
[8] Twitter Moments – High school coach alleges Thousand Oaks suspected shooter assaulted her
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