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That might help answer the question that everyone is asking, why? tonight, authorities are learning more about the shooter at the borderline bar, identified as 28-year-old ian david long. a united states marine corps vet served as a machine gunner and was honorably discharged. a neighbor says long was intensely private and not social and his mother worried about what he might do. >> she lived in fear. >> reporter: she told you that? >> yeah. >> reporter: what did she tell you, exactly? >> oh, i don't want to go into it. she just worried. she was worried about her son. >> we got multiple people...

Police did determine he was being irate and irrational and they brought in a team and established that he was not a threat to himself or others. he was a combat veteran. 17 veterans a day take their own life. in most instances it doesn't involve gunning down 12 people. this guy spent time in afghanistan at the bloodiest point in the war. so he saw things and he was a machine gunner, so the ability to take handgun and able to murder that amount of people in that short amount of time it's a mental health issue. you pointed out the gun control piece. california checks all the boxes, they have a t...

Police department, was just about to retire and was among the first officers on the scene. people lined the streets yesterday to pay their respects as a hearse carrying his body from the hospital to the medical examiner's office. as for the suspect, he's been identified as 28-year-old former marine ian david long, who officials say had been experiencing emotional issues after serving a tour in afghanistan as a machine gunner. we are told police were called to him home earlier this year where he lived with his mom, this for a domestic dispute. he was deemed not to be a threat by a team of menta...

Start a 30-day trial today and your first audiobook is free. cancel anytime and your books are yours to keep forever. audible. the most inspiring minds. the most compelling stories. text "listen5" to 500500 to start your free trial today. there has been another mass shooting in this country. 12 dead in thousand oaks, california. this time, the gunman was a deranged 28-year-old, a marine veteran of afghanistan where he was a machine gunner. the dead include a police officer who ran in the door to put down the gunman, and some of the victims inside the country western-themed bar had actually a...

Resident and my understanding was he served some time in the marines, the marine corps. four years of active duty and several years of reserve time after that. he was a machine gunner. outside of that, we have had a few contacts with him. but nothing that even would remotely suggest this kind of behavior. >> yeah. it's an awful situation. i know you guys are going to come and learn about it and hopefully lessons will be learned for all of us to try to make sure it doesn't happen again. sergeant, thank you so much for joining us. pass on our deepest condolences to everyone in your community. >>...