Suspect in California bar shooting that left 3 dead was targeting his wife, sources say
Four people are dead after a shooting Wednesday at Cook's Corner, a longtime biker bar in Southern California, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.
LOS ANGELES — A gunman who opened fire at a beloved California bar popular with bikers, leaving three people dead, is a former law enforcement officer who targeted his wife, authorities said Thursday.
The shooter was identified as 59-year-old John Snowling, who retired as a sergeant from the Ventura Police Department in 2014, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said.
Snowling was among those killed when gunfire erupted at Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon just after 7 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, officials said.
Four people in all were pronounced dead at the scene, including the gunman, officials said. Six other people were transported to a hospital, five of whom had gunshot wounds, Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy said.
The shooter's "wife was injured in the shooting and is not deceased," the sheriff said Thursday.
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