Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean identified the deceased sheriff sergeant as Ron Helus.

Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean identified the deceased sheriff sergeant as Ron Helus.

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Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus was set to retire soon. He was killed in the Thousand Oaks attack

Sgt. Ron Helus had been set to retire in the next year from the Ventura County, California Sheriff's Office when, responding late Wednesday to a call of a shooting, he walked into the Borderline Bar & Grill.

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The gunman came out of nowhere and just started shooting

They were on the dance floor, playing pool or simply chatting with friends when a fun college night at a popular Thousand Oaks, California, bar turned into a nightmare.