Who Is The Policeman Who Died In The California Shooting

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Ron Helus, a 29-year-old law enforcement officer who was about to retire next year, is one of the victims of the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Brill bar in Thousand Oaks that left 13 dead, including the author of the slaughter.

At 11:20 p.m. early Thursday, Ventura County Deputy Sergeant was on the phone with his wife when he received news of the shooting. Hey, I have to take this call. I love you,”said Helus. "I'll call you later".

That was the last time his wife heard her husband's voice before he entered the Borderline Bar & Grill, where the events were taking place.

Helus was the first officer to answer the 911 call and was shot three minutes after entering the premises crowded with college students. He passed away on the way to the hospital.

Ron Helus's family members leave the Ventura County coroner's office. The sergeant died on the way to the Los Robles Medical Center

"I worked with Ron for 29 years, almost daily," Tim Hagel, Thousand Oaks Police Chief, told People. “He was an incredible man, a real policeman. I really mean it. You always hear out there 'he was a hero, he was a hero'. Ron literally … he had tactical conversations with his team for half an hour, every day for the past 20 years, like you see on TV. '

Helus was fond of fishing and frequently practiced in the Sierra Nevada with his son. "He was just a great guy, with a kind spirit,"

Ian David Long, 28, has been identified as the alleged perpetrator of the mass shooting. He was a former Navy soldier who lived near Newbury Park.

This Thursday sources reported that according to neighbors the boy often quarreled with his mother, frequently in a combative and threatening way. Now experts say Long may have suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).