The retired police officer who killed three people at a popular Southern California restaurant Wednesday shot his estranged wife and another woman and then randomly fired at patrons, the Orange County sheriff said.

The bloodshed unfolded just after 7 p.m. at Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon, about 50 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, officials said.

Sheriff’s deputies killed the gunman, retired Ventura Police Sgt. John Snowling, after he fired at them with a 12-gauge shotgun, Sheriff Don Barnes said at a news conference Thursday.

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