Who is the suspect in the shooting at Thousand Oaks?

NEWBURY PARK, CALIF. — The authorities Thursday identified Ian David Long, 28, as the gunman in the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California.

The Ventura County Sheriff ’s Office said Long, of Newbury Park, California, killed 12 people in an attack late Wednesday night on the bar, which was crowded with people dancing to country music. He appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after exchanging fire with officers at the scene, authorities said.

Here is what we know about the gunman:

■ Sheriff Geoff Dean said deputies had several interactions with Long in recent years. One of the encounters involved a reported disturbance at his home in April that prompted mental health specialists to talk to him.

■ The specialists who spoke with Long discussed his service in the U.S. Marine Corps and whether he had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. They determined that he was not an immediate danger to himself or others and that he could not be involuntarily taken to a mental hospital.

■ Dean said that Long was the victim in a January 2015 fight at a different bar in Thousand Oaks.

■ Long had served in the Marine Corps from August 2008 to March 2013, including a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan that began in 2010, according to military records. He served as a machine gunner and obtained the rank of corporal.

■ After the Wednesday night shooting, authorities recovered a gun inside the Borderline Bar & Grill, a Glock 21 .45-caliber handgun, which they believe Long used in the attack. The firearm had been outfitted with an extended magazine to hold more bullets than a typical handgun. It had been purchased legally, Dean said.

■ Long first shot a security guard outside the bar, went inside and then shot more employees before opening fire on patrons.

Neighbor says he called police this spring

Police and FBI agents arrived at the neatly kept suburban home where Long lived with his mother just after 7 a.m. Thursday.

Tom Hanson, 70, who has lived in the home next to the Longs for decades, said that Long and his mother moved in when Long was in middle school. He said that after Long returned from his military service, he rarely left the home.

Hanson also described hearing shouting coming from the home several times one morning this spring. He became concerned, he said, and called 911.

“I didn’t know if he was going to kill himself or what he would do, so I called the sheriff to investigate,” he said.

“He rarely spoke to me, but that didn’t bother me,” he added. “People have their own lives, we’re different ages, different concerns.”

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