Several shot dead at California bar

A gunman shot three people dead and wounded several others at a bar in the US state of California on Wednesday, police said. The shooter also died in the incident, with police saying there was an "officer-involved shooting" at the location but that no officers had been injured.

The incident is the latest gun violence to hit the United States, a country where tens of thousands of people die every year from firearms. The shooting took place at the Cook's Corner bar, a venue popular with bikers, around 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times, citing sources, said the gunman was a retired officer from Ventura County, north of Los Angeles.