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Several people, including a police officer, were injured after someone opened fire, apparently with a semi-automatic weapon in a bar in the US state of California.
ABC News interviewed witnesses who testified that the shooter fired several shots with a handgun before firing smoke bombs and then reopened the fire.
Another witness testified that the shooter fired 30 shots. "He fired a lot, at least 30 times, I could still hear gunshots after everyone left," the anonymous witness told the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
A local news site, Ventura Country Star, reported that the shooting had occurred at a pub called Borderline Bar & Grill in the Californian town of Thousand Oaks
The County of Ventura Fire Department , where is Thousand Oaks, tweeted that it was "an active shooter incident"
#OaksInc : Ongoing incident involving an active shooter reported at the border in @CityofTO . Please stay away from the area. Active Incident of Law Enforcement. Several injuries reported. Details are yet to be determined. Several ambulances requested. @VCFD pic.twitter.com/4X3b8KMisc
VCFD PIO (@VCFD_PIO) November 8, 2018
A Ventura Country Star reporter – who appeared to be on the ground near on the site of the shooting – tweeted images of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) staff, the main US domestic security agency, at the scene of the shooting.
] Bar #Borderline in #ThousandOaks . pic.twitter.com/0Sx1XIb79l
Mike Harris (@Mike___Harris) November 8, 2018
In another post posted on Twitter, the reporter has put together a video of young people who have been in the street. he stated "were apparently at the Borderline bar" at the time of the reported mbad shootings.
Young people who were apparently at the bar #Borderline to #ThousandOaks place of a reported mbad shot, hugging after finding another. pic.twitter.com/RbZrdfPava
Mike Harris (@Mike___Harris) November 8, 2018
The shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill has not yet succeeded. following a scenario that had already been seen in several similar incidents before.
The United States of America has witnessed numerous incidents of large-scale shootings – some in bars and others in schools – many of which have caused dozens of deaths. [19659002] Many commentators badociate mbad shooting with the lax US firearms laws. The right to wear and bear arms is a constitutionally guaranteed right in the United States and, according to its supporters, it is an integral part of the American identity.
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