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California bar shooter had been a Marine
Lived with his mother
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Ventura County Sheriff's deputies stand outside the house of shooting suspect David Ian Long in Newbury Park, Calif., on Thursday. Authorities said the former Marine opened fire at a country music bar in Southern California on Wednesday evening. - photo by Associated Press
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The gunman who killed 12 people at a country music bar in a Los Angeles suburb was a former military machine gunner who was interviewed by mental health specialists months ago after a neighbor reported a disturbance.
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