Coronado Native Confirmed Dead In Thousand Oaks Mass Shooting

CORONADO, CA – A Coronado High School graduate was killed in the mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks bar and grill late Wednesday night.

Justin Meek, 23, was a recent graduate of California Lutheran University.

"The Cal Lutheran community is filled with sorrow over the violent events that took place last night a few miles from campus in Thousand Oaks," university officials said in a campus alert late Thursday morning. "Sadly, we have learned from the family that a recent graduate, Justin Meek, is one of the precious lives cut short in this tragedy."

Authorities said 13 people died in the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill, including a sheriff's sergeant and the hooded gunman, identified as 28-year-old former Marine Ian David Long. Long, who lived with his mother in Newbury Park, is believed to have committed suicide as law enforcement descended on the bar.

Meek, who graduated from Coronado High in 2014, was working as a bouncer at the bar and grill when the gunman opened fire. He studied criminology and criminal justice at Cal Lutheran.

Friends of Meek told reporters that he "threw a bar stool through a window" so that people trapped inside could get out.

"Meek heroically saved lives in the incident," university officials said. "Cal Lutheran wraps its arms around the Meek family and other families, and around every member of this community of caring."

Classes were canceled Thursday at Cal Lutheran. The campus community gathered in the morning at Samuelson Chapel in remembrance of the victims. Another campus gathering was slated for Thursday evening at the chapel.

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• Thousand Oaks Gunman Was CSUN Student
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Photo 1: This undated photo provided by Channel Islands Social Services shows Justin Allen Meek, 23. Meek was one of the victims of a gunman's rampage at the Borderline Bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., late Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (Channel Islands Social Services via AP)

Photo 2: People comfort each other as they stand near the scene early morning. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)