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Shooting incident in Los Angeles suburb kills 13

Police are yet to identify the gunman

MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/. A shooting incident in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks has killed at least 13, Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean told reporters, as seen on CNN.

According to him, when police officers arrived at the Borderline Bar and Grill, where the incident had occurred, "they found 11 victims that had been killed, the suspect - who we believe was the only suspect - was dead inside, and there were multiple other victims of different levels of injury inside that were rescued from the scene and taken to local hospitals.

"In addition to the victims inside - and the number’s upwards of ten to twelve -additional victims with minor injuries fled the scene on their own and took themselves to local hospitals," the county sheriff added. According to him, no terror link has been established so far.

According to media reports, a gunman walked into the Borderline Bar and Grill and opened fire on those inside. At the time of the attack, there were several hundred people in the bar, most of them students.

Police are yet to identify the gunman.