The latest: Shooter received honorable military discharge
The latest: Shooter received honorable military discharge
The latest about the shooting in a Southern California bar that killed 12 people (all local times):
12:50 p.m.
US Department of Defense spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell says the former Marine who killed 12 people at a bar and grill in Southern California received an honorable discharge.
The Marine Corps said that Ian David Long, 28, was sent to Afghanistan for seven months, from November 16, 2010 to June 14, 2011.
He was in the Marine Corps from August 2008 to March 2013, serving as an artilleryman and gaining the rank of corporal in August 2011.
The Marine Corps says Long won several awards, including a combat action tape and a Marine Corps good conduct medal.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment, Third Marine Infantry Division in the Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Authorities say Long opened fire on college night at the country music bar Thousand Oaks on Wednesday night, killing 12 and sending hundreds to flee before he apparently committed suicide.
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12:25 p.m.
The California State University, Northridge, says in a statement that the gunman in the Thousand Oaks mass shooting was once a student.
The university says that Ian David Long, 28, attended the university for the last time in 2016. The statement has no further details.
Sheriff of Ventura County, Geoff Dean, identified Long as the gunman who killed 12 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill on Wednesday night. The sheriff says that Long was also found dead and is believed to have committed suicide.
Long was also a former Marine and had divorced.
Court records show that she got married in 2009, separated in 2011 and divorced in 2013.
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12:15 p.m.
Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley, "sister sister," and her husband say their 18-year-old niece was among those killed in the mass shooting in Southern California.
The actress and her husband Adam Housley confirmed on Thursday that Alaina Housely was killed in the shooting at Borderline Bar & Grill in the city of Thousand Oaks.
They say their "hearts are broken" and they say they are "devastated because their life was cut in this way".
They called Alaina Housley "an incredible young woman with so much life ahead".
A roommate from Housley at Pepperdine University said on Twitter early Thursday that Housely was among a group of women who were going to dance at the bar and had not returned.
Adam Housley is a former correspondent for Fox News.
- This article corrects the spelling of the Housley surname.
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11:45 a.m.
A 23-year-old man has been identified as one of the twelve people who died in the mass shooting at a bar in Southern California.
The Lutheran University of California says in a statement that the family of the recently graduated Justin Meek says he is among the dead.
An armed man attacked Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday night during a country music night.
Other victims identified above are Cody Coffman, 22, whose father says he was about to join the Army, and the Ventura County Sheriff Sergeant. Ron Helus, who received several shots in an exchange of shots with the attacker.
Authorities say the gunman, Ian David Long, 28, was also found dead.
It is believed that he committed suicide.
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11:35 a.m.
Community leaders in Thousand Oaks, California, have set up a fund to help victims of the mass shooting that killed a dozen people at a country music dance event at a local bar.
Officials announced on Thursday the establishment of the Rabbit Valley Victims Fund. It was launched with a $ 100,000 donation from the local Conrad N. Hilton foundation and $ 250,000 from the biotech company Amgen, which is based in Thousand Oaks.
The fund is administered through the Ventura County Community Foundation and can be found on its website at https://vccf.org/
Officials say that 100 percent of the donated funds will go to help the families of the victims.
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11:15 a.m.
A hearse with the body of a Southern California sheriff killed in a mass shooting has arrived at the Office of the Medical Examiner of Ventura County.
Thousands of people stopped along the route or stopped along the EE. UU 101 on Thursday while a long caravan escorted the Sergeant's body. Ron Helus, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from a hospital in Thousand Oaks to the coroner's facility in the city of Ventura.
Police officers and firefighters greeted the attention and crowds of residents of the area gathered in the streets. County helicopters flew overhead.
Helus was shot several times when he and a California Highway Patrol officer exchanged gunfire with a man who attacked staff and customers at a Thousand Oaks bar where a country dance event was held on Wednesday night.
Helus and 11 other people died. The gunman also died and authorities believe he committed suicide.
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10:50 a.m.
The American rock group says it postponed its show at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza out of respect for the victims of Wednesday's massive shooting at a nearby bar.
The group says the Thursday night show will be rescheduled for a later date.
In a message from his publicist, founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell offered their "heartfelt condolences" to family and friends of the dead and wounded.
The band known for songs like "Ventura Highway" and "A Horse With No Name" is currently on a tour of the United States.
America was founded in London in 1970 by Beckley, Bunnell and former member Dan Peek.
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10:10 a.m.
The body of a veteran sheriff's sergeant who was shot dead while responding to a mass shooting in Southern California is being carried in a hospital procession to a coroner's office.
A police caravan is providing an escort on Thursday as the body of the Ventura County Sheriff Sergeant. Ron Helus is driven about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from a hospital in Thousand Oaks to the facilities of a coroner in the city of Ventura.
The firefighters are honoring Helus with a giant US flag lifted by two ladder trucks on the road. People are lining the streets as the hearse passes by.
The sheriff of Ventura County, Geoff Dean, says Helus was shot several times in a gun battle with a man who attacked the Borderline Bar and Grill on Wednesday night during a country dance night popular with college students.
Eleven other people were killed and it is believed that the gunman took his own life.
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10:07 a.m.
Jason Coffman sobbed when he told reporters that authorities told him that his eldest son, Cody Coffman, had died in the shooting.
Jason Coffman said he spoke with his 22-year-old son just before going to the bar on Wednesday night.
He says he told his son not to drink and drive and that the last thing he said to his son was: "I love you."
Coffman says his son leaves a legacy of love and laughter and that he was the older brother needed by his two younger brothers and his soon-to-be-born daughter.
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10:05 a.m.
A father has identified his 22-year-old son among the 12 people who died in the shooting at a California bar.
Jason Coffman says that his son Cody Coffman has been identified among the victims.
The gunman shot and killed the victims late on Wednesday at the Borderline Bar and Grill, which celebrated a weekly night of country music dancing for college students.
The sergeant's sheriff from Ventura County who responded to the shooting was also identified among the dead.
The shooter has been identified as Ian David Long, 28 years old. He was found dead and is believed to have committed suicide.
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9:35 a.m.
The mayor of Thousand Oaks, California, says that notifications from closest relatives are being prepared about people who died or were injured in the mass shooting inside a bar in the city.
Mayor Andrew Fox says it will be "a very difficult day for many people."
The gunman who fired at Borderline Bar and Grill, which held a weekly night of country music dancing for college students, shot and killed twelve people.
The sergeant's sheriff from Ventura County who responded to the shooting was identified among the dead. The names of the other 11 people who were murdered have not been made public.
The shooter has been identified as Ian David Long, 28 years old. He was also found dead and is believed to have committed suicide.
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9:25 a.m.
Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley and her husband of "Sister Sister" are looking for their missing niece after the mass shooting at the bar in Southern California.
A companion from Pepperdine University of the couple's first-year niece, Alaina Housley, went to Twitter to say that her friend had disappeared and offered her a description of what she was wearing.
Mowry-Housley responded by identifying herself as Housley's aunt and tried to contact the partner directly.
Authorities say an armed man killed 12 people, including a sheriff's sergeant, on Wednesday night at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks.
Housley's partner said on Twitter that Housely was among a group of women who went to the bar to dance and who has not returned.
Mowry-Housley's husband, former Fox News correspondent Adam Housley, also approached Twitter to ask: "Please pray if you believe ... pray."
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9:15 a.m.
The gunman who killed 12 people in a bar in southern California was a Marine who went on a combat tour in Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps says Ian David Long, 28, was sent to Afghanistan for seven months, from November 16, 2010 to June 14, 2011.
He was in the Marine Corps from August 2008 to March 2013, serving as an artilleryman and gaining the rank of corporal in August 2011.
The Marine Corps says Long won several awards, including a combat action tape and a Marine Corps good conduct medal.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment, Third Marine Infantry Division in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Authorities say Long opened fire on college night at the country music bar Thousand Oaks on Wednesday night, killing 12 and sending hundreds to flee before he apparently committed suicide.
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9 a.m.
A neighbor of the suspect in the shooting in a California bar says the suspect lived with his mother in a neighborhood about five miles (8 kilometers) from the bar where the shooting occurred.
Tom Hanson lives next to Ian's mother David Long. Authorities say it was shot after killing 12 people at the bar in the city of Thousand Oaks.
Hanson says he called the police about six months ago when he heard loud beating and screaming from Long's house.
Hanson said he heard "heavy blows" followed by screaming and more hits, "then he would shut up and start again."
Hanson says he called the sheriff's deputies and that an agent arrived and took information, but he never knew what happened after the incident.
Hanson has lived in his home for 40 years and said that Long and his mother moved between 12 and 15 years ago.
He says that Long was left alone and played baseball when he was younger.
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08:30 a.m.
The veteran law officer killed while responding to a mass shooting in a Southern California bar is being described as "police police."
The Sgt. Sheriff of Ventura County. Ron Helus was shot on Wednesday night when he entered the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, where a weekly night of country music dancing was held for college students.
A friend Sergeant Eric Buschow says that Helus took on some of the most difficult tasks, was on the SWAT team for much of his career and worked on narcotics and investigations.
Buschow says that Helus was married to an adult son.
Sheriff of the County of Ventura, Geoff Dean, says that the report of the shooting took place when Helus was speaking on the phone with his wife.
The sheriff says that Helus said, "Hey, I have to take a call, I love you, I'll talk to you later."
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8:15 a.m.
President Donald Trump has ordered that the United States flag be launched to half the staff, respecting the victims of the shooting in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California.
Trump ordered the flag to be deployed in half the staff until Saturday evening in the White House and in all public buildings, military posts, naval stations and aboard all US naval vessels. UU
He also ordered that the flag be launched to half the staff in all US embassies, military bases and naval stations. UU
Authorities say a hooded black-clad gunman opened fire on Wednesday night in the Southern California bar, killing 12 people and sending hundreds of people fleeing in terror.
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7:59 a.m.
Authorities hope a search of a gunman's house will provide information on the motive for a shootout that killed 12 people in a bar in southern California.
Sheriff of the County of Ventura, Geoff Dean, says that Ian David Long shot for the first time to a security guard, to another personnel near the door and soon to the clients Wednesday in the city of Thousand Oaks.
The sheriff says there are no signs of targeting employees specifically, but he hopes to learn more when a search warrant is filed at Long's home in the nearby community of Newbury Park.
The deputies and FBI agents on Thursday morning were in a modest townhouse that is believed to be Long in a neighborhood of houses with well-tended lawns.
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7:40 a.m.
Sheriff of the County of Ventura, Geoff Dean, says that the armed man who killed 12 people in a bar of the south of California used a pistol.
Dean says Ian David Long, 28, was armed with a Glock 21, a .45 caliber pistol designed to hold 10 bullets plus one in the chamber.
But the sheriff says the gun had an extended magazine that is illegal in California. The sheriff says he does not know how many rounds that magazine can contain.
The gunman attacked staff and customers at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday night.
The bar west of Los Angeles held a weekly night of country music dancing that attracts college students from the area.
One of the dead was the Sheriff Sergeant. Ron Helus, who was knocked down when he tried to enter the club with the Highway Patrol officers responding to the shooting. The other dead have not been identified.
Another person suffered a bullet wound and another 15 suffered minor injuries when jumping out the window and diving under the tables.
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7:10 a.m.
Authorities have identified the suspect in a mass shooting at a bar in Southern California as Ian David Long, 28.
Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean says Long is believed to have committed suicide Wednesday night at the Borderline Bar and Grill in the city of Thousand Oaks.
Dean says his department had several previous contacts with the former Marine, including a call home in April, when agents found him acting in an angry and irrational manner.
The sheriff said a mental health crisis team was called at that time and concluded that Long did not need to be stopped.
Dean says the other previous encounters were a traffic accident and an incident in which he was the victim of a battery in a bar.
Long was found dead at Borderline Bar and Grill after 12 people were shot dead on Wednesday night.
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6:50 a.m.
The bar in southern California, where an armed man killed 12 people, says on its website that it has been in operation for more than 25 years.
The Borderline Bar and Grill says it has the largest dance hall in the country and the live music venue in Ventura County, north of Los Angeles.
The bar had its usual "College Country Nights" on Wednesday night when the gunman dressed in black opened fire inside the bar.
The bar includes a large ballroom with a stage and a billiard room along with several smaller areas for eating and drinking.
It is popular with students at the nearby Lutheran University of California who enjoy country music.
It is also close to several other universities, including the California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, Pepperdine University in Malibu and Moorpark College in Moorpark.
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6:20 a.m.
The Lutheran University of California canceled classes after a shooting at a nearby bar where some of the students attended a country music night.
The Cal Lutheran website says that the university community is invited to meet on Thursday at the school chapel.
The university is a short drive away from the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, where authorities say an armed man killed 12 people, including a sheriff's sergeant, on Wednesday night. The gunman was also found dead.
Cal Lutheran has more than 3,000 undergraduate students and more than 1,300 graduate students.
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6 am.
The Borderline Bar & Grill is about 10 minutes by car from the Lutheran University of California, where students began receiving messages about the shots right after they started.
Cal Lutheran student body president Nick Steinwender told KTLA-TV that he and his roommate went to the scene to offer campus tours and moral support and there were already other university students there.
Steinwender says that "it seems to be an attack on our community."
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5:15 a.m.
A law enforcement official says authorities have identified the gunman and the gun that killed 12 people in a bar in southern California.
The official told The Associated Press that the man was 29 years old, deployed a smoke device and used a .45 caliber gun when he opened fire at Borderline Bar & Grill last Wednesday in Thousand Oaks, north of Los Angeles.
The official refused to provide other details, speaking on condition of anonymity due to lack of authorization to publicly discuss the investigation.
Authorities and witnesses say that the armed man wore dark clothes and said nothing while shooting inside the bar. Hundreds of people fled, some breaking windows and jumping through the windows of the second floor to escape.
- Associate journalist Michael Balsamo in Washington.
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5:05 a.m.
The video accessed by The Associated Press shows exciting images in the scene of a mass shooting in a bar in California.
Several rounds of gunfire can be heard while a terrified witness runs out of the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks.
The police cars are seen arriving and an armed officer takes position outside the bar. Three men run off with a fourth bloody individual. They try to stop the bleeding from what appears to be a bullet wound.
A sheriff says 13 people were killed, including a sergeant and a gunman.
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5 am.
President Donald Trump is offering his condolences after a mass shooting at a bar in Southern California.
Trump said Thursday on Twitter that he has been "fully informed about the terrible shooting." He praised the police, saying "Great courage shown by the police" and said: "God bless all the victims and families of the victims."
A gunman opened fire on a crowd at a rural dance bar celebrating a weekly "college night" on Wednesday night. The mass shooting killed 12 people and sent hundreds of people fleeing in terror. The gunman was found dead at the scene.
The police said that between the shots there were 11 people inside the bar and a sheriff of the sheriff who was the first officer to enter.
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4:55 a.m.
A survivor of a California bar shooting says the gunman wore a black sweatshirt and held a gun when he opened fire.
Cole Knapp is a freshman at Moorpark College and was inside Borderline Bar & Grill when the shooting started.
He says he tried to get as many people to cover as he could. He says he fled through an exit door into a closed courtyard where he told people "everyone overcomes the fence as fast as they can" and followed them.
He then says he found a nearby highway patrol officer who, by chance, stopped someone and yelled, "There's a shooter in there!"
Knapp says the officer "was a little skeptical" and then saw that he was serious. He says he has friends who have not been considered.
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4:15 a.m.
Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean held back tears as he described the sheriff's sergeant killed in a mass shooting at a California bar.
The sheriff said sergeant. Ron Helus, without a doubt, saved lives by confronting the gunman. He says that Helus was the first to respond and was immediately hit with multiple shots.
He says a highway patrolman pulled Helus out and waited for a SWAT team when dozens of other officers gathered at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks at 11:20 p.m.
When they entered the bar again, the shots had stopped and they found 12 people dead inside, including the gunman. He says that Helus was later pronounced dead in a hospital.
Dean says that Helus was his friend and gym partner for a long time and planned to retire shortly after 29 years with force. Leave a wife and a son.
The sheriff says he told Helus' wife that "he died like a hero because he went to save lives."
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3:50 a.m.
Survivors of the shooting at the bar are describing moments of panic and heroism when an armed man turned a dance floor into a killing area.
Erika Sigman, nineteen years old, found herself hiding with a group of strangers, and they held each other's hands.
She says that "there are many bad things in this world, but there are also many good things and people will help".
A sheriff says 13 people died at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, including a sergeant and a gunman.
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3:00 a.m.
A sheriff says 13 people were killed, including a sergeant and an armed man, after a gunfight at a bar in southern California on Wednesday night.
Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean says Sheriff Sergeant Ron Helus responded to the scene and was shot after he entered the building. He died in a hospital early Thursday.
The authorities did not say how the gunman died.
Dean says that about 10 more people were shot and wounded. No other information about the victims was immediately known.
The Captain of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Garo Kuredjian, said that the first reports of gunfire occurred around 11:20 p.m. at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is located about 40 miles west of Los Angeles.
The bar's website says its hosts "College Country Night" every Wednesday. Police said hundreds were inside when the shooting occurred.
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2 am.
Ventura County Sheriff Sergeant Eric Buschow says the gunman died in a bar in southern California where 11 people were injured on Wednesday night.
Authorities say an officer who responded was shot and taken to a hospital. No other information about the victims was immediately known.
The Captain of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Garo Kuredjian, said that the first reports of gunfire occurred around 11:20 p.m. at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is located about 40 miles west of Los Angeles.
The bar's website says its hosts "College Country Night" every Wednesday. Police said hundreds were inside when the shooting occurred.
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1:35 a.m.
A sheriff's captain said at least 11 people, including a responding officer, were shot Wednesday night when a suspect opened fire at a Southern California bar filled with university students.
The captain of the Ventura County sheriff's office, Garo Kuredjian, told a news conference early Thursday that the injured sheriff's officer was taken to a hospital. He could not immediately provide information on the extent of the victims' injuries or if someone else had been hospitalized.
The sheriff's spokesman said the first reports of gunfire occurred around 11:20 p.m. at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is located about 40 miles west of Los Angeles.
The bar's website says its hosts "College Country Night" every Wednesday. The witnesses said that many of those inside were university students.
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12:50 a.m.
A sheriff's captain said at least six people were shot on Wednesday night when a suspect opened fire at a bar in southern California.
The captain of the Ventura County sheriff's office, Garo Kuredjian, told a news conference on Thursday morning that he also shot himself and took a sheriff's deputy to a hospital. He could not immediately provide information on the extent of the victims' injuries.
The sheriff's spokesman said the first reports of gunfire occurred around 11:20 p.m. at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is located about 40 miles west of Los Angeles. He said the officers who responded could hear gunfire when they arrived on the scene.
The authorities still treat it like an active shooter scene.
No other information was available immediately.
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12:35 p.m.
Authorities say there were multiple injuries, including an officer, after a man opened fire at the Southern California bar on Wednesday night.
The police tell Ventura County Star that the initial report arrived around 11:20 p.m. A man opened fire at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is about 40 miles west of Los Angeles. The extent of the victims' injuries was not immediately known.
The Captain of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Garo Kuredjian, said Wednesday night that it was still "a very active scene."
Witnesses tell ABC News that a man fired several shots with a gun before firing smoke bombs and start firing again.
Police tell the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 shots were fired.
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12:30 am.
Witnesses say a man fired several shots with a gun before throwing smoke bombs at a crowded bar in southern California early Thursday.
Authorities say several people were injured in the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is about 40 miles west of Los Angeles. The extent of the victims' injuries was not immediately known.
A man who says he was at the bar tells ABC News that he saw a man shoot the crowd.
Police tell the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 shots were fired.
The Times reports that there were multiple reports of shots and people being beaten. Police and emergency teams were flooding the scene.
The authorities urged the public to avoid the area.
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12:20 a.m.
Authorities say several people were injured in a gunfight at a bar in southern California on Wednesday night.
Police tell the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 shots were fired at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, which is about 40 miles west of Los Angeles. El alcance de las lesiones de la víctima aún no se ha divulgado.
El Times informa que hubo múltiples informes de disparos y personas golpeadas. La policía y los equipos de emergencia estaban inundando la escena.
Las autoridades instaron al público a evitar el área.
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