California: Twelve people, including a police sergeant, were shot dead in a shooting at a nighttclub close to Los Angeles, the police said Thursday.

The venue was hosting an event for college students and several young people were inside, said Captain Garo Kuredjian of the Ventura County Sheriff’s office.
There were “multiple fatalities” in the shooting and the gunman was dead inside the crowded venue in the upscale residential suburb of Thousand Oaks.
The incident happened at the Borderline Bar and Grill in the town of Thousand Oaks, a quiet, upscale residential suburb of Los Angeles.
A law enforcement official as saying at least 30 shots had been fired.
An unnamed witness told the newspaper that someone ran into the bar around 11:30 pm and started shooting what looked to be a black pistol.

“He shot a lot, at least 30 times. I could still hear gunshots after everyone left,”