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Photos: Scenes from the deadly Orange County bar shooting

An aerial view of investigators at Cook's Corner bar in Trabuco Canyon, scene of Wednesday's mass shooting
Investigators work outside Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon. A shooter opened fire Wednesday night at the biker bar, killing three and wounding six, including his estranged wife. Orange County sheriff’s deputies said the gunman was also killed.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Photography by 
Allen J. Schaben
 and Genaro Molina
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Orange County sheriff’s officials received a 911 call just after 7 p.m. about a shooting at Cook’s Corner, a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon. The first deputies arrived within two minutes and found a man with a gun. Multiple deputies opened fire, officials said, killing the gunman, a retired sergeant from the Ventura Police Department. The gunman killed three people and wounded six others. The investigation is ongoing.

Orange County investigators outside a shooting scene
An investigator works outside the biker bar. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department identified the gunman in Wednesday’s shooting as John Snowling, a retired Ventura police sergeant.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
An aerial view of Cook's Corner, a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon
Sheriff’s officials received a 911 call just after 7 p.m. Wednesday about the shooting at Cook’s Corner on Santiago Canyon Road. The first deputies arrived within two minutes and found a man with a gun, and multiple deputies opened fire, officials said.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A biker carries a bouquet of flowers.
A biker brings flowers to Cook’s Corner in remembrance of the three people who were killed.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Orange County investigators work the scene along El Toro Road.
More Orange County investigators arrive at Cook’s Corner on Thursday.
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A tarp covers a body at a shooting scene.
A tarp covers a body outside the biker bar on Thursday.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Fog blankets a roadway on which law enforcement vehicles are parked.
Fog blankets the roadway near the Trabuco Canyon bar on Thursday morning as officials begin investigating the scene of the deadly shooting.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Sheriff's deputies monitor a shooting scene.
Sheriff’s deputies monitor the shooting scene Wednesday night down the street from the Cook’s Corner bar.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Allen J. Schaben

Los Angeles Times staff photographer Allen J. Schaben is an award-winning journalist capturing a wide range of images over the past 34 years. Before joining The Times, he honed his craft at the Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News, Wichita Eagle and Connecticut Post. Schaben earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993.

Genaro Molina

Genaro Molina is an award-winning staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times. He has worked in journalism for more than 35 years starting at the San Francisco Chronicle. Molina has photographed the life and death of Pope John Paul II, the tragedy of AIDS in Africa, the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and Cuba after Castro. His work has appeared in nine books and his photographs have been exhibited extensively including at the Smithsonian Institute and the Annenberg Space for Photography.

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