Official: Gunman Apparently Stopped Shooting to Post Online

Official: Gunman Apparently Stopped Shooting to Post Online
Thousand Oaks residents await to claim their vehicles as FBI agents verify vehicle registrations of autos parked in the lot of the Borderline Bar & Grill bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2018. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.—Authorities trying to make sense of why a gunman killed 12 people at a Southern California bar are not publicly discussing what they’ve learned, but at least one Instagram post he made after beginning the massacre has emerged as an early focus.

Social media platforms have scrubbed that and any other posts following Wednesday night’s massacre. But one law enforcement official said Ian David Long, a 28-year-old former Marine, posted about his mental state and whether people would believe he was sane.