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90. he was 28 years old. we have had several contacts with mr. long over the years, minor events, a traffic collision. he was a victim of a battery at a local bar in 2015. in april of this year, deputies were called to his house for a subject disturbing. they went to the house, they talked to him. he was somewhat irate. acting a little irrationally. they called out our crisis intervention team, our mental health specialists who met with him, talked to him, and cleared him. didn't feel he was qualified to be taken under 5150. and he was left at that scene last april. deputies are at the house n...

He was close to everybody. he was a hard worker, and our hearts are broken all over. >> he was also nearing retirement. what do you say to the fact that he didn't get there and this happened? >> all right, we have just gotten a lot of important information from the sheriff, geoff dean there of ventura county. we learned the name of the shooter which we will not repeat on the show, nor will you see his face. 28 years old, mental health issues. he's been known by law enforcement. they sent mental health officials to his home a while ago. cleared him, did not take him in under the 5150 law in cal...

Had made contact with law enforcement. here in california, there's a 5150 law where if there's someone who is facing some kind of psychiatric issue, some kind of distress, authorities can actually commit that person to up to 72 hours for evaluation and longer, but it looks like it didn't meet the threshold here in this case. but that's going to be the subject of this review we know involving authorities here to look back and also with the department of defense, understanding that this person was in the military, again, this will be a multi-agency effort to try to determine who was this person,...

Been incredibly important. here in california we have the 5150 law. if authorities believe someone is experiencing mental health issues that make that person a danger to the public, they can confine them up to 72 years and longer if need be to protect themselves and others. it doesn't appear that the contact they had with this person met that threshold where although he was described as being irate, they didn't decide at that point that he warranted confinement. a lot of potential missed signals. that's the debate we see potentially involved. were there the warning signs that could have been p...

Indication that that happened. it appears he walked up to the scene. he shot the security guard that was standing outside. he stepped inside. it appears that he turned to the right and shot several of the other security and employees there. and then began opening fire inside the nightclub. we don't have any other details to confirm an exact chronology about what happened. we'll provide that to you as we bring all our witness statements together and we feel more comfortable about talking about that. we have no idea what the motive was at this point. the incident in april happened in his home an...