Deputies and medical personnel rushed Wednesday night to a mass shooting at a bar in Orange County’s Trabuco Canyon, with authorities saying four were confirmed dead at the scene, including the shooter.
Six more people were taken to hospitals, including five with gunshot wounds, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.
It happened on Santiago Canyon Road at Cook’s Corner, a biker bar where it was Spaghetti Night.
Sources said it likely started as a domestic dispute, with the shooter targeting his wife or estranged wife. The Sheriff’s Department also later said there was a deputy-involved shooting during the response. No deputies were injured.
It is believed the shooter is a former law enforcement officer from outside of the area.
Social media posts showed a massive response by deputies and Orange County Fire Authority personnel.
A CBS LA reporter in a helicopter around 8:15 p.m. reported seeing what appeared to be at least three sheets covering bodies, one in a parking lot, one on the street and one at the rear of the property. At least two others were being treated by emergency personnel.
Betty Fruichantie of Orange posted several videos and photos of a bloody scene at Cook’s Corner.
“This is real,” she wrote on Facebook at 7:45 p.m.. “… 4 or 6 shots strait (sic) at me. But he missed me. Thank you, God!!”
Her photos showed a large smear of blood on the floor of the bar. She shared videos of a chaotic scene outside the bar with deputies and paramedics working on shooting victims in the parking lot.
Gus Gunderman of Tustin was at Cook’s for the $8 spaghetti dinner. He left before the shooting, he said Wednesday night in a public post on Facebook.
“Family members saw family members die tonight,” he wrote. “Glad to be home safe. I left there not too long ago, like minutes before. Apparently it was soon enough.”
Lake Forest Mayor Doug Cirbo, who lives in Portola Hills a few minutes from Cook’s Corner, said he…
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