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If Aubrie Sellers had followed through with her plans to line dance at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, on Wednesday evening, she would have been a witness to thetragic shootingthat killed at least 12 people.
The daughter ofLee Ann Womackand Jason Sellers, who released her albumNew City Bluein 2016, revealed on Twitter and Instagram Story Thursday morning that she had canceled last-minute after she discovered her cat Laney was ill. “Last night we were going to go line dancing at 9:30 PM at a bar called Borderline we heard about in Thousand Oaks,” Sellers, who previously performed on tour withMiranda Lambert, tweeted.
In addition to being a popular Southern California spot for country music fans, the Borderline Bar & Grill was also a venue for performers including comedian Andrew Dice Clay, singerJerrod NiemannandMeghan Linsey,who is formerly of the duo Steel Magnolia.
“So many of my friends and I have played this bar. How devastating. My thoughts and heartfelt prayers go out to the victims, their families and the Borderline staff,” Linseytweetedon Thursday.
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At least 12 people were killed after a gunman threw smoke grenades and opened fire late Wednesday evening in at the Thousand Oaks bar, west of Los Angeles, that was reportedly hosting a college night for which hundreds of people were in attendance.
A Ventura sheriff’s sergeant,identified as Ron Helus, was one of the first on the scene about three minutes later and was shot as he entered the bar and died at the hospital, said Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean. The shooter also died in the assault, though it is unclear how.
Eleven other slain victims were found inside.
“It’s a horrific scene in there,” Dean said,according to CNN. “There is blood everywhere and the suspect is part of that, and I didn’t want to get that close and disturb the scene and possibly disturb the investigation.”
Dean also told alocal news outlet, “It’s part of the horrors that are happening in our country and everywhere, and I think it’s impossible to put any logic or sense to the senseless.”
source: people.com
