Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: Last night, a shooting left 13 people dead at a bar in Southern California. The police have identified the suspect as Ian David Long. He died at the scene. He was a 28-year-old military veteran. We don't know much about the other victims yet, but we do know that one of them was Sheriff's Sergeant Ron Helus. Earlier today, we talked to his colleague Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) GEOFF DEAN: Sergeant Ron Helus was a 54-year-old 29-year veteran of the sheriff's office. He and a highway patrol officer risked their lives to go into the bar - or nightclub. Shots rang out, and Sergeant Helus was struck multiple times, and he died later at the hospital. KING: NPR's Nate Rott has been on the scene all morning. Nate, what else do we know about Sergeant Helus? NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE: Well, like you heard there, he was one of the first people to run into the bar after the shooting started. He and a officer
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