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A lot of the people that i knew working there that were friends of mine were shot and killed as he came in and he, you know, started firing off at the security guards and the front desk girl i knew. others im still learning the names of. most of us got a way. i had some off duty cops that were friends of mine. some people took bar stools and threw it through the window so they could escape. thats what happened with that. >> its got to be such a bizarre -- i dont know how to describe it. i mean, ...

Some people took bar stools and threw it through the window so they could escape. thats what happened with that. >> its got to be such a bizarre -- i dont know how to describe it. i mean, to know this person, to have been friends with this person at one point and to know that this person could have killed you and killed people you knew, its -- what is -- how do you deal with this? >> i mean, the thing is its just reality right now and i just have to process it the best i can. the person i knew w...

Cashier and he shot her. >> reporter: victims were carried out one-by-one and desperate life-saving efforts took place in the parking lot. still, many remained inside. >> our friends got the bar stools and they started slamming it against the windows so we could get out. >> were still missing two people. they were in the bar last thing we knew and we havent heard anything. we cant find them. >> reporter: ventura county sheriffs deputy ron helus was among the first officers to enter the bar. he w...

>> the screams, the shots shattering the community. now, police, victims and their families, theyre left just, again, looking for answers, looking for a motive, looking to make sense of the senseless. why would a gunman who witnesses say was dressed in a black trench coat and police say was armed with a.45 caliber glock handgun, why would he enter a packed bar and start shooting people? >> we were just dancing on the floor. we heard a couple shots. i told, you know, her to get down. >> our frien...

Using bar stools to smash out windows to escape as we get a look at the 12 victims, among them a survivor of last years massacre in las vegas, other survivors of last years mass shooting managed to escape, also killed an aspiring soldier, freshman and a security guard. the fbi and police scouring the 28-year-old suspects home where he lived with his mother, the home 5 miles from the borderline bar. police say long used a handgun with an extended magazine in the attack. the sheriff says long is k...

And good evening from california, as we come on the air here in the west tonight. and you probably woke up this morning like so many across this country, saying, not again. we are here in thousand oaks, california, tonight, the scene of the nations newest mass shooting. this time, at a popular country music bar, the borderline bar and grill on college night. for students as young as 18, hundreds of people inside, when the horror and the chaos began. the shots ringing out, people hiding under tab...

Other individuals. we called and obviously theres a lot of traffic going through that. they also do have a center where they are having people meet that you can go and try to physically meet up with people you are trying to find. i think some of the individuals that were at the shooting that made it out are right now trying to find their way there. some of those students did come back or did go home if they lived here locally, but there are processes they are putting in place and i think people ...

Witnesses in there. people were ordered to get down on the ground ones the gunshots rang out, and many were hiding and breaking out windows to escape. nick watt is live. >> reporter: as you say 11 people there confirmed dead from inside that bar. a number of the people who we have been speaking to outside here had black xs on their hands which means they were below drinking age. one young man i spoke to said he heard the gunshots ring out and he did not hear the gunman say anything before the fi...

Second chp officer, got some rounds off. were not sure if they got to the suspect or if the suspect killed himself. they were able to engage in gunfire. it was his last heroic act in doing what he needed to do and standing the ground and being brave. >> lets take you there to the scene. cnn correspondent nick watt is live in thousand oaks. first focusing on the victims and the survivors, tell me what you know. >> reporter: well, 11 people were killed in and outside of that club. first the securi...

Shooting. >> lets go to nick watt at the scene. nick, good morning. 2:32 in thousand oaks. what are you learning? >> reporter: as you say, the bar was pretty busy when this gunman walked in. it was college country night that started at 9:00. first calls came in at 11:20 of shots fired to police. we are told the bar wasnt packed. it was getting busier. i spoke to one eyewitness who said he heard shots and immediately hid under the pool table with other people. there was a break in the shooting. h...