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    Orange County mass shooter identified as ex-cop targeting estranged wife, sources say

    LOS ANGELES — A gunman who officials say killed three people and wounded six others Wednesday night at a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon was a former police officer, according to officials. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer identified the gunman as John Snowling, a retired sergeant from the Ventura Police Department. Snowling, 59, was targeting his estranged wife, who was ...
    by Richard Winton, Jeremy Childs, Hannah Fry, Julia Wick, Christian Martinez, Summer Lin and Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times Aug 24, 2023 6 minutes
    A tarp covers a body as crime scene investigators view the scene where a gunman killed three people and six were taken to hospitals after a shooting the previous night at Cook's Corner, a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon, California, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — A gunman who officials say killed three people and wounded six others Wednesday night at a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon was a former police officer, according to officials.

    Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer identified the gunman as John Snowling, a retired sergeant from the Ventura Police Department. Snowling, 59, was targeting his estranged wife, who was reportedly a regular at the bar, according to two law enforcement sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

    The gunman was also killed Wednesday night, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department posted on social media.

    Sheriff’s officials received a 911 call just after 7 p.m. about the shooting at the Cook’s Corner bar on Santiago Canyon Road. The first deputies arrived within two minutes. Deputies found a man with a gun, and multiple deputies opened fire, officials said.

    Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that deputies pinned Snowling down beside a silver truck, and his body remained next to the

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