{"id":2015911,"date":"2023-08-29T18:03:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/band-members-healing-after-cooks-corner-shooting-as-bar-reopening-date-uncertain\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T18:05:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:05:46","slug":"band-members-healing-after-cooks-corner-shooting-as-bar-reopening-date-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/band-members-healing-after-cooks-corner-shooting-as-bar-reopening-date-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Band members recovering after Cook&#8217;s Corner shooting, reopening date unknown."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fband-members-healing-after-cooks-corner-shooting-as-bar-reopening-date-uncertain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015911&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Band Members Recovering After Shooting at Cook&#8217;s Corner Bar<\/h2>\n<p>TRABUCO CANYON, Calif.\u2014Two members of the\u2064 band\u2064 that was performing \u200cat Cook&#8217;s Corner bar in Trabuco Canyon are out\u200d of the hospital and recovering at home\u2014thanking friends and others for \u2064their support.<\/p>\n<p>Dave\u2063 Stretch and Ed Means, members of the M \u200bStreet\u200b band\u200d that was performing when the shooting broke out around \u200b7 p.m. on Aug. 23, posted an update\u2062 Saturday on Instagram, \u200dwith a photo showing them\u200d smiling with\u200d loved ones next to \u200da table\u200b containing food and \u2063get-well cards and \u200dflowers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;First M St get-together since Cook&#8217;s Corner felt so good,&#8221; they \u2063wrote. &#8220;Such a \u2064wonderful outpouring \u200cof support from all our friends with \u2064flowers, food, cards, and well wishes. We are so grateful to you all!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gunman-first-opened-fire-on-estranged-wife-in-california-mass-shooting-sheriff-5480428\">Gunman First Opened Fire \u2062on Estranged Wife \u2063in California Mass Shooting: Sheriff<\/a> (8\/24\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/9-shot-4-killed-including-gunman-in-california-bar-shooting-5480224\">9 Shot, 4 Killed,\u2062 Including Gunman, in \u2063California Bar Shooting<\/a> (8\/24\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The shooting took place Wednesday evening at the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-victims-shot-3-dead-at-popular-biker-bar-in-southern-california\/\" title=\"3 dead, multiple shot at popular biker bar in SoCal.\">famed biker bar<\/a> in the 19100 \u2063block of Santiago Canyon Road. \u200cOrange \u200dCounty Sheriff Don\u200c Barnes said Thursday the gunman\u201459-year-old\u2063 retired \u2063Ventura Police Department \u2062Sgt. John Snowling\u2014entered the \u2062bar carrying two\u2064 handguns and walked directly to \u200bhis estranged \u2064wife, Marie, and shot\u200c her once.<\/p>\n<p>Marie Snowling&#8217;s family said she was \u200bshot in the jaw but survived.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman then shot the woman with whom his wife was dining, 49-year-old Tonya Clark of Scottsdale, Arizona.\u200b Ms. Clark managed\u2063 to run outside the bar, where she died.<\/p>\n<figure>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image1.jpg\" alt=\"Sheriff's deputy \u200cstands in the road after a shooting at Cook's Corner bar in Trabuco Canyon, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2023.\" width=\"628\" height=\"auto\"><figcaption>A sheriff&#8217;s \u2063deputy stands in the road \u2063after\u2064 a shooting at &#8220;Cook&#8217;s Corner&#8221; bar\u2062 in Trabuco Canyon, Calif., on \u200dAug.\u2063 23, 2023. (Frederic J. \u2064Brown\/AFP via\u200d Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also killed were Glen \u200dSprowl Jr., 53, of Stanton, and\u200d John Leehey, \u206367, of Irvine.<\/p>\n<p>John Snowling was\u2064 shot \u2062and killed by sheriff&#8217;s deputies.<\/p>\n<p>Six other people were injured. According to the most recent update provided \u2063last week, two of the injured victims remained in critical condition: Marie Snowling, who was transferred to UCI Medical Center in Orange\u200d from Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, \u2062and an unidentified man who was shot in\u200b the\u200b chest.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u200b victim, a male cook at the restaurant, was shot in an\u200c arm, \u2064witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, \u200bthe bar&#8217;s general manager, Rhonda Palmeri, posted a short \u200bvideo on Facebook, saying, &#8220;On behalf of Cook&#8217;s Corner, myself and \u2064the staff, I would like to\u2064 send my most sincere \u2062condolences to the \u200cfamilies of Tonya, Glen \u200dand John and all the injured and \u2062those fighting for their lives. And\u200d the friends and families\u200b of Cook&#8217;s Corner who were here Wednesday, Aug. \u206223, for the most horrific act by one man who has changed the \u2062lives \u2062of so many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She thanked everyone\u200d who has reached out and offered \u2064support for the establishment and everyone affected by the shooting.\u200c She\u200d also said \u200cthere will \u200bbe a private gathering eventually for \u2063people impacted by the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Palmeri\u2062 added that it was still unclear\u2062 when \u2062the bar might\u200c reopen.<\/p>\n<figure>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image2.jpg\" alt=\"Law enforcement \u200cofficers block off \u200band investigate the crime \u200cscene of a mass shooting\u2062 at Cooks Corner restaurant in\u2064 Trabuco Canyon, Calif., on Aug. 24, 2023.\" width=\"640\" height=\"auto\"><figcaption>Law enforcement officers block off and investigate the \u200bcrime scene of a mass shooting at\u200c Cooks Corner restaurant in Trabuco Canyon, Calif., on \u2064Aug. 24, \u20642023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch \u2062Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A prayer\u200b gathering on \u200bFriday night\u2014including a procession of motorcyclists\u2014brought people \u200btogether to \u2063mourn\u2063 the three victims at Saddleback Church in Lake\u2063 Forest. The event, attended \u2063by members of Mr. Leehey&#8217;s family and \u2063others impacted by the tragedy, was also live-streamed on the church&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cdc-releases-mask-wearing-psa-with-harry-potter-wonder-woman-pennywise\/\" title=\"WATCH: CDC Releases Mask-Wearing PSA With Harry Potter, Wonder Woman, Pennywise\">social media channels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This tragedy has left many friends and family members devastated, and many more members \u200cof the community shocked and\u2063 dismayed,&#8221; church pastor Andy Wood said. \u200d&#8221;This is a time we can come together and ask God for comfort and healing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James O&#8217;Malley, who was at Cook&#8217;s Corner with Mr. Leehey, told reporters the pair \u200cwere having \u2062a beer in the bar&#8217;s picnic\u2063 area when they heard gunshots and saw people running outside.\u2063 He said\u200c they both also started to \u200drun, and he saw his friend fall to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought he tripped, and\u200c then my mind said, no, \u200dthat wasn&#8217;t a trip\u200b because he didn&#8217;t\u200c even\u2063 cushion his fall,&#8221; Mr. O&#8217;Malley told CBS2.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Mr. Leehey had been shot in the back and died \u2063at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Barnes said the other man\u2062 killed, believed \u2063to \u200dbe Mr. Sprowl, was shot when he attempted to engage the gunman outside the bar, hoping to bring a\u200b halt to the gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>After \u200bthe initial barrage \u2063of \u200cgunshots, Mr. \u2063Snowling went to \u2064a silver pickup in\u2064 the bar&#8217;s \u200dparking lot and\u200c retrieved another handgun and a shotgun, then \u200che continued shooting, Mr. Barnes said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image3.jpg\" alt=\"Orange\u200b County Sheriff Don Barnes delivers\u200d an \u2063update \u2063on the Cooks Corner shooting \u2062in Santa Ana, Calif., on Aug.\u200b 24, 2023.\" width=\"640\" height=\"auto\"><figcaption>Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes delivers an update on the Cooks \u200bCorner shooting in Santa\u2063 Ana, Calif., \u200con Aug. 24, 2023.\u2063 (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arriving sheriff&#8217;s deputies quickly spotted the \u2062gunman, who shot at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/band-members-healing-after-cooks-corner-shooting-as-bar-reopening-date-uncertain\/\" title=\"Band members recovering after Cook's Corner shooting, reopening date unknown.\">law-enforcement\u200d personnel<\/a>, prompting them to return fire. According \u2063to Mr. Barnes and\u200b Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, seven deputies shot at the gunman, firing at least 75 rounds, killing the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ventura\u200d Police Department,\u2063 Mr.\u2064 Snowling retired \u200cfrom the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-police-officer-discovers-young-man-walking-to-work-offers-him-life-changing-gift\/\" title=\"Flashback: Police Officer Discovers Young Man Walking to Work, Offers Him Life-Changing Gift\">police department<\/a> as a sergeant\u200d in February 2014, ending\u2064 a career that \u200bbegan in July 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Barnes said Mr.\u2063 Snowling\u2014who apparently\u2062 has residences in\u2063 Camarillo, Orange County and Ohio\u2014traveled \u200cfrom Ohio to \u2063Southern California then made his\u2063 way to Cook&#8217;s Corner, where\u200c he knew his estranged wife would be. Marie Snowling had\u200d filed for divorce \u2063in December, and the case was still pending.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear how long Mr. Snowling \u2064had been in the Orange County\u200c area or if \u200dhe had been following his estranged wife&#8217;s movements. But \u2062Mr. \u200bBarnes said it was clear\u2064 that Mr.\u2062 Snowling knew she\u2062 was at Cook&#8217;s\u2063 Corner Wednesday night. \u200cHe said that according to witnesses, Mr. Snowling walked directly\u200d up to her and shot her without \u2063saying anything.<\/p>\n<p>The couple have two adult children. Mr. Barnes said Marie \u2064Snowling&#8217;s son was with her at the hospital on Thursday, and she was \u200dawake and \u200btalking.<\/p>\n<figure>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image4.jpg\" alt=\"Orange County District Attorney \u200dTodd\u200d Spitzer delivers an update\u2063 on the\u2064 Cooks Corner restaurant\u200c shooting at a press \u200bconference in Santa Ana, Calif., on \u200dAug. 24, 2023.\" width=\"640\" height=\"auto\"><figcaption>Orange County District Attorney \u200dTodd Spitzer delivers an update on the\u200b Cooks Corner restaurant shooting \u200cat a press conference in\u200d Santa Ana, \u2062Calif., on Aug. \u206324,\u200d 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch \u2062Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. \u2062Spitzer said\u200c his office will review the propr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two band members from Cook&#8217;s Corner bar in Trabuco Canyon, California, are now at home recovering after a shooting incident during their performance. 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