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Photos: Scenes from the deadly Orange County bar shooting

An aerial view of investigators at Cook's Corner bar in Trabuco Canyon, scene of Wednesday's mass shooting
Investigators work outside Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon. A shooter opened fire Wednesday night at the biker bar, killing three and wounding six, including his estranged wife. Orange County sheriff’s deputies said the gunman was also killed.
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Orange County sheriff’s officials received a 911 call just after 7 p.m. about a shooting at Cook’s Corner, a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon. The first deputies arrived within two minutes and found a man with a gun. Multiple deputies opened fire, officials said, killing the gunman, a retired sergeant from the Ventura Police Department. The gunman killed three people and wounded six others. The investigation is ongoing.

Orange County investigators outside a shooting scene
An investigator works outside the biker bar. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department identified the gunman in Wednesday’s shooting as John Snowling, a retired Ventura police sergeant.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
An aerial view of Cook's Corner, a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon
Sheriff’s officials received a 911 call just after 7 p.m. Wednesday about the shooting at Cook’s Corner on Santiago Canyon Road. The first deputies arrived within two minutes and found a man with a gun, and multiple deputies opened fire, officials said.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A biker carries a bouquet of flowers.
A biker brings flowers to Cook’s Corner in remembrance of the three people who were killed.
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Orange County investigators work the scene along El Toro Road.
More Orange County investigators arrive at Cook’s Corner on Thursday.
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A tarp covers a body at a shooting scene.
A tarp covers a body outside the biker bar on Thursday.
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Fog blankets a roadway on which law enforcement vehicles are parked.
Fog blankets the roadway near the Trabuco Canyon bar on Thursday morning as officials begin investigating the scene of the deadly shooting.
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Sheriff's deputies monitor a shooting scene.
Sheriff’s deputies monitor the shooting scene Wednesday night down the street from the Cook’s Corner bar.
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