Thousand Oaks shooting

At 11:18{{nbsp}}p.m., a gunman, later identified as Ian David Long, entered the Borderline Bar and Grill and opened fire on the approximately 260 patrons and employees inside.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-borderline-shooting-heroism-20181231-htmlstory.html|title=Must Reads: Friends took this photo at their favorite bar in Thousand Oaks. Minutes later, the shooting started|work=Los Angeles Times|last1=Karlamangla|first1=Soumya|last2=Mejia|first2=Brittny|date=December 31, 2018|access-date=November 8, 2020}}{{cite report|url=https://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Borderline-Bar-Grill-OIS-Report-12-17-2020.pdf|title=Report on the November 7, 2018, Use of Deadly Force by California Highway Patrol Officer Todd Barrett and Ventura County Sheriff's Sergeant Ronald Helus at the Borderline Bar & Grill Mass Shooting Incident|publisher=Ventura County District Attorney's Office|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=December 18, 2020}} At the time, the bar was hosting a regularly scheduled College Country Night event, and it was popular among students in the area, especially those from Pepperdine University,{{cite web |title=Borderline Bar & Grill - CALENDAR |url=https://www.borderlinebarandgrill.com/calendar |website=California {{!}} Borderline Bar & Grill |access-date=November 8, 2018 |date=November 8, 2018 |quote=College Country Night! Learn to Dance w/Lessons at 9:30 & 10:30 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225070208/https://www.borderlinebarandgrill.com/calendar |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |first=Scott |last=Berson |url=https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article221340460.html |title=At least 13 dead in bar shooting, niece of Emmy-winning actress among the victims |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/several-injured-in-shooting-at-a-bar-in-southern-california-in-us-say-police-1944358 |title=12 Killed In California Bar Shooting, Gunman Dead |date=November 8, 2018 |publisher=NDTV |location=New Delhi, India |access-date=November 8, 2018}} California Lutheran University, California State University Channel Islands,{{Cite news |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/california-shooting-intl/index.html |title=12 dead in California bar shooting |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018 |first1=Lauren |last1=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Rob |last2=Picheta |first3=Veronica |last3=Rocha |first4=Meg |last4=Wagner |first5=Jessie |last5=Yeung}} and Moorpark College. Long was armed with a legally purchased .45-caliber Glock 21 semi-automatic pistol with a Viridian X5L tactical weapon light and laser sight and seven banned high-capacity magazines,{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/28/671353612/no-motive-yet-found-for-mass-shooting-at-borderline-bar-and-grill |title=Authorities Describe 'Confusion And Chaos' At Borderline Bar Shooting In California |publisher=NPR |date=November 28, 2018 |first=Ina |last=Jaffe |access-date=December 8, 2018}} carrying a total of 190 rounds, along with a folding knife, ten smoke bombs, and two fireworks.{{Cite web|last=Ayub|first=Billy|date=March 2021|title=2018 Borderline Bar and Grill Mass Shooting Public Safety Response After Action Review|url=https://s29762.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Borderline-AAR_FINAL.pdf#page=21|access-date=April 17, 2021|publisher=Ventura County Sheriff’s Office}}

Upon entering through the bar's front door, Long first killed the cashier nearby, then started shooting at the patrons. He fired a total of 61 rounds and threw smoke bombs.{{Cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/twelve-killed-after-gunman-opens-fire-in-california-bar/ar-BBPt98U |title=Twelve killed after gunman opens fire in California bar |date=November 8, 2018 |publisher=Sky News }} Many of the victims died in the first few minutes of the shooting while they were lying on the floor or trying to charge at Long. Witnesses described the gunman as a heavily tattooed white male dressed entirely in black. Some people shattered the bar's windows, allowing many to flee, while some others hid in an employee bathroom or the attic. During the shooting, Long answered a phone call made by the mother of a patron who escaped, and he also made several posts on Instagram expressing his thoughts.{{cite news |title=What Thousand Oaks shooting suspect posted to social media during massacre |publisher=KABC-TV |location=Los Angeles, California |url=https://abc7chicago.com/thousand-oaks-gunman-posted-to-social-media-during-attack/4656647/|date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=2018-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133714/https://abc7chicago.com/thousand-oaks-gunman-posted-to-social-media-during-attack/4656647/ |access-date=November 11, 2018}}

At 11:19{{nbsp}}p.m., two California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers on a traffic stop nearby were alerted to the shooting by people who had managed to escape. They arrived at the bar's parking lot a minute later and were joined by Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus four minutes after that. The three officers ventured towards the building, with Helus and one of the CHP officers entering at 11:25{{nbsp}}p.m. A minute later, they came under fire from Long, who had been monitoring their movements through the nine security cameras visible on a monitor in the front office where he had been taking shelter.{{Cite news|last=Lai|first=Stephanie|date=2020-12-18|title=Ventura County district attorney's office releases new details on Borderline mass shooting|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-17/ventura-county-district-attorney-of-releases-new-details-on-borderline-mass-shooting|access-date=2020-12-18|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} In the ensuing gunfight, Helus was shot five times by Long, who used a flashlight with a laser sight on his pistol in the large, darkened, smoke-filled room.{{cite news |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article222792655.html |title=In darkness and chaos, deputy killed by friendly fire |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |first=Amanda Lee |last=Myers |agency=Associated Press |date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=December 8, 2018}} Positioned between Long and the CHP officer, Helus was also accidentally struck by a bullet from the officer's rifle that went through his heart and fatally wounded him.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-borderline-update-20181207-story.html |title=CHP officer's bullet killed sheriff's deputy who responded to Thousand Oaks bar shooting |last1=Karlamangla |first1=Soumya |last2=Fry |first2=Hannah |date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} Initially there was confusion and miscommunication as to whether there was an officer down. Responding Ventura County Sheriff's deputies, who were securing the perimeter, located and evacuated Helus outside the building 20 minutes after he had been shot. A SWAT team and other police officers arrived on the scene shortly afterwards.

Long stopped his attack following the exchange of gunfire with police. At 11:37{{nbsp}}p.m., he lit a firework and threw it out of the bar's front office. Forty seconds later, he threw another firework out of the office. At 11:38 p.m., he committed suicide by shooting himself under the chin.{{Cite web|last=Ayub|first=Billy|date=March 2021|title=2018 Borderline Bar and Grill Mass Shooting Public Safety Response After Action Review|url=https://s29762.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Borderline-AAR_FINAL.pdf#page=14|access-date=April 17, 2021|publisher=Ventura County Sheriff's Office}} Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Department of Homeland Security were deployed to further investigate the scene along with EMTs and paramedics from the Ventura County Fire Department and AMR to assist victims.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-thousand-oaks-20181107-story.html |title=Thousand Oaks shooting leaves 13 people dead, including gunman, and 18 injured |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 8, 2018 |first1=Sean |last1=Greene |first2=Alene |last2=Tchekmedyian |first3=Brittny |last3=Mejia |first4=Sarah |last4=Parvini |first5=James |last5=Queally |first6=Richard |last6=Winton |first7=Jaura J. |last7=Nelson |first8=Hannah |last8=Fry |access-date=November 8, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Gambardello, Tornoe |first1=Joseph, Rob |title='It's a horrific scene': California bar shooting leaves 12 dead, including police officer |date=November 8, 2018 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/california-mass-shooting-thousand-oaks-bar-latest-updates-2018 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=27 March 2021}} Nineteen survivors were rescued from inside the bar in total.

Nine men and three women died during the shooting. Seven were college students, and one other a recent graduate. The four others killed were 54-year-old Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus; a 48-year-old bouncer; a 33-year-old Marine Corps veteran; and a 27-year-old Navy veteran who was at the 2017 Las Vegas shooting during the Route 91 Harvest music festival.{{Cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-officer-killed-in-bar-shooting-died-a-hero-called-his-wife-before-heading-in-sheriff-says |title=California Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus killed in bar shooting, 'died a hero,' made last call to wife |last=Fedschun |first=Travis |date=November 8, 2018 |publisher=Fox News |access-date=November 8, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2018/11/08/sean-adler-48-thousand-oaks-mass-shooting-victim-recently-opened-his-dream-business/ |title=Sean Adler, 48, Thousand Oaks mass shooting victim, recently opened his dream business |date=November 9, 2018 |work=The San Bernardino Sun |first=Ryan |last=Kartje |access-date=November 9, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/us/shooting-victims-thousand-oaks/index.html |title=Thousand Oaks victims include college student and law enforcement officer |date=November 9, 2018 |publisher=CNN |first1=Emanuella |last1=Grinberg |first2=Gisela |last2=Crespo |first3=Hollie |last3=Silverman |access-date=November 9, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://relevantmagazine.com/current/nation/here-are-the-victims-of-the-thousand-oaks-shooting/ |title=Here Are the Victims of the Thousand Oaks Shooting |work=Relevant |first=Tyler |last=Huckabee |date=November 9, 2018 |access-date=November 14, 2018}} They all died from multiple gunshots, and one victim was also stabbed in the neck.{{cite news |publisher=CNN |date=November 27, 2018 |first1=Eric |last1=Levenson |first2=Stella |last2=Chan |title=Thousand Oaks gunman used smoke grenades to create chaos, then waited to ambush police |access-date=December 1, 2018 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/us/thousand-oaks-shooting-smoke-grenades/index.html}} Ten of the civilians died inside the bar, while the eleventh died outside. Sixteen others were injured, with only one being injured by gunfire.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-reported-borderline-bar-grill-thousand-oaks-california-n933831 |title=Mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California |publisher=NBC News |date=November 8, 2018 |first1=Alexander |last1=Smith |first2=Pete |last2=Williams |first3=Andrew |last3=Blankstein |first4=Alastair |last4=Jamieson |first5=Corky |last5=Siemaszko |access-date=November 8, 2018}} According to the chief coroner, all of the fatal victims had suffered non-survivable wounds due to the gunman shooting the victims in vital areas, and thus, none of them would have survived even if immediate medical attention was available to them.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Kathleen |title=Autopsy reports for Borderline mass shooting victims released after yearslong court fight |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2023/09/12/borderline-bar-grill-thousand-oaks-mass-shooting-victims-autopsy-reports/70833932007/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}

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Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean identified the gunman as 28-year-old Ian David Long.{{cite news |first1=Jose A. |last1=Del Real |first2=Gerry |last2=Mullany |first3=Russell |last3=Goldman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/us/shooting-california-thousand-oaks.html|title=California Shooting Kills 12 at Country Music Bar, a Year After Las Vegas |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018}} His gun was reportedly purchased legally.{{Cite news |url=https://abc7.com/thousand-oaks-shooter-used-45-caliber-handgun-with-extended-magazine/4646579/ |title=Thousand Oaks shooter used .45-caliber handgun w/ extended clip |date=November 8, 2018 |publisher=KABC-TV |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=November 8, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://abc13.com/4855337/|title=Sergeant in California mass shooting killed by friendly fire|work=ABC13 Houston| first=Carlos |last=Granda |date=December 7, 2018|access-date=8 December 2018}} Long's parents separated and eventually divorced when he was two to three years old. His father died while he was still a child; according to a cousin, it was from cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/11/08/california-shooter-ian-david-long-was-weird-loner-danced-in-garage/|title=California shooter Ian David Long was 'weird' loner, danced in garage|first=Lia|last=Eustachewich|date=November 8, 2018}} He and his mother moved frequently due to her job, but they eventually settled in nearby Newbury Park. While he previously lived with roommates in Reseda, Long was living with his mother at the time of the shooting.{{Cite news |first1=Jennifer |last1=Medina |first2=Serge F. |last2=Kovaleski |first3=Matthew |last3=Haag |url=https://abc11.com/thousand-oaks-shooting-suspect-what-we-know/4645948/ |title=What we know about Thousand Oaks shooting suspect, Ian David Long |publisher=WTVD |location=Durham, North Carolina |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018}}{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-ptsd-mass-shootings-20181110-story.html |title=The role of PTSD in mass shootings: Let's separate myth from reality |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Deborah |last=Netburn |date=November 10, 2018 |access-date=November 12, 2018}} Long's friends said he had been at the bar with them, and some considered him a regular patron.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/us/thousand-oaks-gunman/index.html|title=Thousand Oaks gunman was a Marine veteran who often visited the site of the shooting|author=Eric Levenson, Jose Pagliery and Majlie de Puy Kamp|website=CNN|date=November 8, 2018}}

Long attended Newbury Park High School for his junior and senior years, graduating in June 2008. He served in the United States Marine Corps from August 2008 to March 2013, reaching the rank of corporal, and he had gone to Afghanistan from November 2010 to June 2011. After being honorably discharged, Long attended California State University, Northridge as an athletic training major from 2013 to 2016, but he did not graduate. During this time, he had been involved in a motorcycle accident that left him with a collapsed lung; his motorcycle helmet was cracked, and he was diagnosed with "adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), combat and military operational stress reaction, and chronic pain." According to his mother, he had begun to "unravel" after the incident. Long had two prior contacts with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, one in 2006 involving a traffic collision and the other in 2015 involving a bar fight; no charges were filed in either incident.

Police and a mental health crisis team visited Long in 2017 for his irate and irrational behavior, but they decided not to detain him at a psychiatric facility.{{cite news |publisher=CNN |date=November 8, 2018 |first1=Eric |last1=Levenson |first2=Jose |last2=Pagliery |first3=Majlie de Puy |last3=Kamp |title=Thousand Oaks gunman was a Marine veteran who often visited the site of the shooting |access-date=December 9, 2018 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/us/thousand-oaks-gunman/index.html}}{{cite news |work=USA Today |date=November 8, 2018 |first1=Chris |last1=Woodyard |first2=Marco |last2=Della Cava |title=What we know about Thousand Oaks gunman Ian David Long, a Marine veteran |access-date=December 9, 2018 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/11/08/ian-long-gunman-thousand-oaks-california-borderline-bar-grill/1928231002/}} A high school teacher raised claims that Long had physically assaulted her as a student but she was encouraged not to push the incident so as to not endanger his future in the Marine Corps. In her statement, the teacher alleged that Long had issues long before his military service.{{Cite news |url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/08/thousand-oaks-gunman-high-school-coach-assault/ |title=Thousand Oaks Gunman's High School Coach Speaks About Sexual Assault |date=November 8, 2018 |publisher=KCAL-TV |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=November 11, 2018}} Although he had served overseas in the military, behavioral scientist and clinical psychologist Lisa Jaycox said that it was premature to say whether Long suffered from PTSD or if it was a factor in the shooting.{{Cite news |first=Caroline |last=Burke |url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/11/ian-david-long-military-background/ |title=Ian David Long's Military Background: The Shooter Was a Former Marine |publisher=Heavy.com |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018}}{{Cite news |first1=Jennifer |last1=Medina |first2=Dave |last2=Philipps |first3=Serge F. |last3=Kovaleski |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/us/ian-david-long-california-shooter.html |title=Dueling Images: A Smiling Young Marine and a Killer Dressed in Black |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018}}

A 434-page report from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office was released in June 2021, which detailed the findings of the investigation into Long's actions and motivation. It concluded that Long had held a strong disdain for civilians and anyone not associated with any branch of the US military, and that he had suffered from PTSD from his time in the military. However, the Ventura sheriff stated that the investigation did not show with absolute certainty that a hatred of college students was the motive, instead it was more a working theory. The report had been compiled with information from interviews with eyewitnesses, officers and deputies, and family, friends and acquaintances of Long and was a joint effort by Ventura County sheriff's detectives and FBI analysts.{{Cite web|last=Kesslen|first=Ben|date=July 1, 2021|title=Gunman in 2018 Thousand Oaks shooting motivated by hatred of college students, report says|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gunman-2018-thousand-oaks-shooting-motivated-hatred-college-students-report-n1272936|access-date=2022-01-20|website=NBC News|language=en}} Investigators detailed several encounters that Long had with other students at California State University, Northridge, such as a time when another student told him that "anyone who joined the military deserved to be shot and killed overseas", potentially fueling his separation from and animosity towards other students.{{Cite web|last=Winton|first=Richard|date=2021-07-03|title=Mass shooting suspect likely targeted Borderline bar on 'college night' because of disdain for students|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-03/mass-shooting-suspect-likely-targeted-borderline-bar-on-college-night-because-of-his-hatred-of-students|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

A separate 86-page report was released in March 2021 by the Ventura County Sheriff with thirty recommendations for the sheriff's department to improve their response to mass shootings. Earlier in the year, similar findings had been released by the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.{{Cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Kathleen|last2=Carlson|first2=Cheri|date=March 10, 2021|title=Flawed communication, supervision issues found in response to Borderline shooting|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2021/03/10/review-borderline-mass-shooting-shows-missteps-police-response/6938072002/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}

Within 24 hours of the shooting, the Woolsey Fire forced the evacuation of many people in the area, including several survivors.{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/15/676521424/after-the-thousand-oaks-shooting-a-community-wide-effort-to-memorialize-and-heal |title=After The Thousand Oaks' Shooting, A Community-Wide Effort To Memorialize And Heal |first=Ina |last=Jaffe |date=December 15, 2018 |publisher=NPR |access-date=December 17, 2018}} The mother of a victim who died in the Thousand Oaks shooting after surviving the 2017 Las Vegas shooting called for gun control legislation from legislators.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/08/thousand-oaks-shooting-court-blocked-law-barring-gunmans-magazine/1928201002/|title=Court blocked law that would have made possession of magazine in Thousand Oaks illegal|publisher=USA Today|last=Cummings|first=William|date=November 11, 2018|access-date=November 8, 2020}}{{cite news |url=http://www.kclu.org/post/mother-one-borderline-bar-and-grill-victims-turns-pain-anti-gun-activism |title=Mother Of One Of The Borderline Bar And Grill Victims Turns Pain Into Anti-Gun Activism |first=Lance |last=Orozco |date=November 30, 2018 |publisher=KCLU-FM |location=Thousand Oaks, California |access-date=December 18, 2018}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/california/mom-of-thousand-oaks-shooting-victim-i-don-t-want-thoughts-i-want-gun-control-/1584289930 |title=Mom of Thousand Oaks shooting victim: 'I don't want thoughts. I want gun control' |agency=Associated Press |date=November 9, 2018 |publisher=KRON-TV |location=San Francisco, California |access-date=November 11, 2018}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/09/thousand-oaks-shooting-mother-pleads-want-gun-control/1940769002/ |title=Thousand Oaks shooting victim's mother pleads, 'I don't want thoughts. I want gun control' |last=Pitofsky |first=Marina |date=November 9, 2018 |work=USA Today |access-date=November 11, 2018}} The only gun store in the town told reporters that there was an increase in individuals looking to purchase a weapon for protection on the day after the shooting.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/09/thousand-oaks-following-ian-long-shooting-borderline-bar-and-grill-fearful-residents-buy-guns/1947476002/ |title=At the only gun shop in Thousand Oaks, fearful residents decide it's time to buy a gun |last=Garcia-Roberts |first=Gus |date=November 9, 2018 |work=USA Today |access-date=November 11, 2018}}

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors formed the Task Force on Mental Health & Safety in response to the shooting. Initially composed of key county officials, the ongoing task force looks for gaps in the systems that protect the public and that provide mental health care and makes recommendations on how to prevent and lessen the damage from mass shootings.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/03/23/ventura-county-mental-health-task-force-focus-shooting-prevention/3203354002/|title=Task force begins tackling ways to prevent mass shootings|last=Wilson|first=Kathleen|date=March 27, 2019|newspaper=Ventura County Star|language=en|access-date=March 27, 2019}}

In 2019, the owners of Borderline Bar & Grill said they planned to renovate and re-open the location.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/11/28/borderline-bar-grill-owners-announce-plans-open-new-location/4327443002/|title=Borderline Bar & Grill owners announce plans to reopen T.O. venue, site of mass shooting|first1=Cheri|last1=Carlson|first2=Mike|last2=Harris|website=Ventura County Star}} In 2020, they opened a different location in Agoura Hills, California, called BL Dancehall & Saloon.{{Cite web|url=https://abc7.com/5875621/|title=Borderline Bar and Grill opens new location in Agoura Hills|date=January 25, 2020|website=ABC7 Los Angeles}}

In 2022 the Ventura County Sheriff's Office released to its website multiple audio and video recordings from the shooting after being sued by The Star and other media organizations for access to the materials. In total the county released all recordings of police radio communication, ninety-four emergency calls, security footage from inside the bar and fourteen dashboard and body-camera videos from responding officers.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 18, 2022|title=County releases trove of audio, video recordings from Borderline mass shooting — 3 years later|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2022/01/18/recordings-borderline-mass-shooting-released-after-3-year-fight-ventura-county-california-massacre/6571922001/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}

File:Susan Orfanos attends 2020 State of the Union, Washington, D.C. 05.jpg and Dianne Feinstein about gun violence in 2020.]]On November 15, 2018, the funeral for Helus was held. Law enforcement officers, local and state leaders including California Governor Jerry Brown and Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom, as well as local citizens attended his funeral.{{cite news |url=https://people.com/crime/funeral-ventura-sheriff-sgt-killed-thousand-oaks-shooting/ |title=First Responder Was Killed in Restaurant Mass Shooting at Same Place Where He Proposed to His Wife |website=People |date=November 15, 2018 |first=Elaine |last=Aradillas |access-date=November 18, 2018}} A vigil at Calvary Community Church in nearby Westlake Village, for two of their congregation, was attended by around 500 mourners.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/09/ventura-hill-woolsey-fire-california-thousand-oaks-shooting/1949030002/ |title='I just wonder what's next': Thousand Oaks residents deal with mass shooting, horrific fire |last=Kisken |first=Tom |date=November 9, 2018 |work=USA Today |access-date=November 11, 2018}}

Numerous national sports teams highlighted the victims and donated money to those affected by the shooting.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/11/rams-andrew-whitworth-donates-game-check-thousand-oaks-shooting-victims-families/ |title=Rams' Andrew Whitworth donates game check to Thousand Oaks shooting victims, families |last=Boren |first=Cindy |date=November 11, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Victims were provided with these donations immediately after the shooting. Each victim's family was provided with $20,000 for burial costs. After a third distribution in March 2019, a total of $3.6 million had been contributed by more than 25,000 people and through more than 200 fundraisers. The funds were distributed to the families of victims, those physically injured, and others present in the establishment.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-borderline-shooting-donations-20190326-story.html|title=$3.6 million in donations distributed to Borderline shooting survivors|last=Reyes-Velarde|first=Alejandra|date=March 27, 2019|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=27 March 2019}} A local foundation received and distributed the funds in a cooperative effort without charging any administrative fees.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/03/23/3-6-million-sent-families-survivors-borderline-shooting/3248440002/|title=$3.6 million sent to families, survivors in Borderline shooting|last=Wilson|first=Kathleen|date=March 23, 2019|newspaper=Ventura County Star|language=en|access-date=March 27, 2019}}

The "Healing Garden" memorial at Conejo Creek Park was dedicated a year after the incident.{{Cite news|url=http://www.malibutimes.com/malibu_life/article_d636ce38-39b7-11ea-8aae-f7df41bc664e.html|title=Memorial Garden Opens in Thousand Oaks on Borderline Shooting Anniversary|last=Bravo|first=Samantha|date=November 19, 2019|newspaper=The Malibu Times|language=en|access-date=2020-10-31}} In 2021 it was announced that twelve sculptures to represent the lives lost would be installed in the Civic Arts Plaza Park.{{Cite web|last=Suter|first=Leanne|date=2021-11-08|title=Community remembers 12 lives lost on 3rd anniversary of Borderline shooting|url=https://abc7.com/borderline-shooting-thousand-oaks-bar--grill-in-thousands/11212054/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=ABC7 Los Angeles|language=en}}

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• [http://nixle.us/AJ2Z2 Advisory by Ventura County Sheriff's Department for November 8, 2018 street closure for Procession of Sgt Ron Helus]
• [https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-honoring-victims-tragedy-thousand-oaks-california/ White House - Presidential Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Thousand Oaks, California]

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