5 killed in bakersfield including deputy

[Demovictory9]

https://ktla.com/news/california/kern-county-sheriffs-deputy-among-5-killed-in-hostage-standoff-at-bakersfield-area-home/

California sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot this weekend when his SWAT team tried to rescue people held hostage inside a San Joaquin Valley home by a man armed with an AK-47-style rifle and a handgun, authorities said Monday.

Four other people were also killed in the shootout, including the gunman — who had been previously arrested multiple times for domestic violence offenses, according to Lt. Joel Swanson, a spokesperson for the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

Swanson did not know the specifics of the 41-year-old shooter’s previous arrests and he has not yet been named publicly. A restraining order against the gunman — filed by one of the victims and effective June 3 — was supposed to stop him from coming to the home where the killings occurred.

Three people inside the home — believed to be the gunman’s sons and their mother — were fatally shot during the standoff Sunday afternoon in Wasco, a small community in the middle of farm fields northwest of Bakersfield.

The woman had filed the restraining order, Swanson said, but authorities were still trying to determine what had prompted her to seek legal action against him. The restraining order was also supposed to prevent the gunman from having firearms.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Blue Lives Matter

2nd Amendment Matters WAY MORE.

[applegrove]

2. So a restraining order including on posessing guns can easily be walked

through. How awful.

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Swanson said, but authorities were still trying to determine what had prompted her to seek legal action against him. The restraining order was also supposed to prevent the gunman from having firearms.

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[GulfCoast66]

3. I guess she realized he was a violent maniac.

[applegrove]

4. She got an order. He got a hold of a gun and defied both orders for keeping away

and possession of a firearm. He walked right through the law. How tragic.

[North Shore Chicago]

5. A piece of paper

will certainly stop this puke from doing harm. Sure.

Killing his own children will surely send the message of how much he must have missed and loved his wife eh?

Are we so jaded this horrific story will barely get its 15 minutes?

[Scrivener7]

6. Scratch a "good guy with a gun" multiple murderer and you'll find a wife beater. Every damn time.

Too bad there was nothing the domestic partner could do other than file a piece of paper that the Supreme Court has made useless. (See Gonzalez v Castle Rock.)

If we took domestic violence more seriously, maybe there would be fewer of these shooting incidents.

[mopinko]

7. it's the root of all violence, imho.

it's not learning, exactly. i think we have the potential to be either violent or peaceful. we adapt to the level we are born into.

[Scrivener7]

8. And culturally instilled entitlement seems to be the trigger for those with the propensity.

[Celerity]

9. during a standoff where over 200 bullets were exchanged

https://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/family-of-victims-law-enforcement-community-reacts-to-death-of-5-in-wasco-shooting


over 200 bullets were exchanged