‘Hero’ officer killed in Thousand Oaks mass shooting at country music venue was 29-year-veteran set to retire
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A police officer is among the dozen people killed in a mass shooting Wednesday night at a Thousand Oaks, California, bar hosting a country music night. Ventura Country Sheriff Geoff Dean gave a news conference early Thursday morning in which he tearfully announced the death of Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus, a 29-year veteran of the police …