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Gunman kills 12 in 'horrific' mass shooting at California bar packed with college students

LOS ANGELES - A gunman threw smoke bombs and rained bullets on a crowd of hundreds inside a Thousand Oaks bar that is popular with college students Wednesday night, leaving 12 dead including a sheriff's sergeant shot trying to stop the carnage.

The massacre occurred at the Borderline Bar & Grill, with the assailant firing wildly into the crowd.

In addition to the dead, 10 other people may have been injured, according to Sheriff Geoff Dean, who added that it's too early to know if the shooter took his own life.

The gunman burst into the bar around 11:20 p.m., cloaked in all black.

Ventura County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ron Helus and a California Highway Patrol officer entered the bar first and were

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