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In afghanistan. he murdered 12 people before taking his own life. one of the dead is 22-year-old cody kaufman. this morning, cody's father was officially notified that cody did not make it out of the bar alive. >> my first-born son, only him and i know how much i love -- how much i miss -- oh, god, this is so -- oh, son, i love you so much. oh, heavily father, just please. >> some of the witnesses who survived the shooting say that they are sure that they -- there would have been more dead if sergeant ron helus did not rush in and exchange fire with the killer. sheriff sergeant eric buschow sa...

Sergeant ron helus was planning to retire from the ventura county sheriff's department sometime in the next year or so. last night he was the first officer to respond to a report of a mass shooting in a bar in thousand oaks, california. he was on the phone with his wife when he got the call. he told her, hon, i got to go. i love you. i got to go on a call. sergeant ron helus went through the front door of the bar, accompanied by a california highway patrol officer. sheriff dean said they immediately exchanged gunfire, with the suspect, and that's when sergeant helus was shot several times. >> ...

11:22. they made entry approximately four minutes later and that's when sergeant helus was shot, and i don't have the exact timeline, it was probably close to 15 minutes and they did not hear any shots fired between when they regrouped and went in. there were people hiding in restrooms and attics. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: what other locations? >> none that i know of, but certainly when we find out who the suspect is we'll go to his location and we'll work with our bureau partners to see if there's a connection there, but at this time there's none that i know ...

Oh, heavenly father. >> reporter: for much. day coffman hoped, prayed, his son was simply missing. he used the tracking function on his son's phone to find him. >> it's not moving. it's not moving. that's the problem. >> the last thing coffman said to his son is don't drink and drive, and -- >> son, i love you. that was the last thing i said. >> reporter: shockingly others in the bar had survived the mass shooting in las vegas just last year. >> unfortunately it's the second time in about a year and a month that this has happened. i was at the las vegas route 91 mass shooting. it's a big thing...

One. >> we want to bring in steve moore who is a supervisor with the fbi and he is there in,0 thousand oaks where this happened. what are you seeing at the scene, steve? >> reporter: seeing a lot of movement back and forth, and we are not seeing what is going on, but i can tell you and gym will back me up on this. they are searching for vehicles that have not been claimed because that's one of the two quickest ways to identify him. >> people are just waking up, and 12 people killed inside the borderline bar and grill inside a ventura bar, and it was a country music night, and it was college ni...