Learning to Kill

What we know about the shooter so far

From CNN’s Eric Levenson

The gunman who killed 12 people at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, was a 28-year-old veteran of the US Marine Corps, officials said.

• He was in the Marine Corps: Long was on active duty from August 2008 to March 2013, according to Defense Department records.
• He is believed to have killed himself: His body was found inside the bar when police were able to enter the building.
• He used to frequent Borderline Bar & Grill: The bar was the site of the deadly shooting. One of Long's old friends, who declined to be identified, said, "He was a part of that community."
• His friends describe him as "a very stable man." Mark Waid, one of Long's high school friends, told CNN, “The Ian I knew would not do this." Three other friends, who declined to be identified, also expressed surprise. One commented, "I don’t know what the hell happened."

California's new governor-elect: "We can't allow this to be normalized"

California governor-elect Gavin Newsom responded to last night’s mass shooting at an event in San Francisco Thursday afternoon.

“This is America…This doesn’t happen anywhere else on the planet. We can’t let folks forget that. We can’t allow this to be normalized,” said Newsom, who won the California governor's race Tuesday.

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/california-shooting-intl/index.html