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Forbes
24 Aug 2023


The shooter who killed at least three people—and was killed himself by police—and injured six more Wednesday night has been identified as retired Ventura County police officer John Snowling, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Investigators work the scene where a gunman killed three people and six were taken to hospitals after a shooting Wednesday night at Cook's Corner

An aerial view of investigators working the scene where a gunman killed three people and six were ... [+] taken to hospitals after a shooting Wednesday night at Cook's Corner, a landmark biker bar at Cook's Corner in Trabuco Canyon Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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The Orange County district attorney’s office identified the shooter as Snowling, with a spokesperson telling the LA Times he worked for the police department from 1986 to 2014 and was a sergeant when he retired.

The shooting occurred late Wednesday night at a biker bar called Cook’s Corner in the rural community of Trabuco Canyon in Orange County.

According to multiple media reports, authorities think Snowling was targeting his ex-wife in the attack at the biker bar; CBS News reported she was one of the victims shot and hospitalized.