The gunman was a retired law enforcement officer and was killed by deputies.
In an image from video, authorities work at the scene of a fatal shooting Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Cook's Corner, a biker bar in rural Trabuco Canyon, Calif., in Orange County.
The shooting occurred in the middle of $8 Spaghetti Night. Geoffrey Kagy, 52, is a regular at the bar with his girlfriend, Jacqueline Bass. On this night, she was at Cook’s Corner without him — but around 7:30 p.m., she suddenly sent Kagy a volley of text messages. The first said “911,” followed by “Help” and Omg.” She’d been inside Cook’s Corner when the gunman opened fire.When they spoke by phone, Kagy said, “she just kept saying how she was running and that she saw somebody shoot.
“As you would expect,” Hallock said, “tonight has been a very difficult night for everybody involved in the entire community. M Street — a five-piece Orange County rock band — was scheduled to perform at the bar Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., according to the venue’s online calendar.
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