At least three people dead and several injured in a mass shooting at a biker bar in Southern California, police say | cnn

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At least three people were killed and five others injured in a mass shooting at a biker bar in Orange County, California, on Wednesday night, police said.

The suspected shooter was killed and “an officer-involved shooting occurred during the incident,” the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. social media postwithout providing further details.

The suspect was a former law enforcement officer, a law enforcement source familiar with the situation told CNN.

Authorities are looking into the matter because it possibly stemmed from a domestic dispute between two parties, the source said.

The shooting took place at Cook’s Corner, a bar and restaurant in the small community of Trabuco Canyon, which is about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles, police said.

So far this year, the United States has seen at least 465 mass shootings, according to the nonprofit group. gun violence file. Like CNN, the organization defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, not including the shooter.

The United States surpassed 400 mass shootings in July, according to the earlier in a year such a number has been recorded since 2013, the group said.