He described the man as a recluse who liked motorcycling, electronic music and dancing by himself in a closed garage "in 100 degree weather."
Suspect in California bar shooting identified as 28-year-old former Marine
But neighbors say the placid street belied the tempestuous behavior of Long, who arrived with his mother about a dozen years ago as a teenagers.
Neighbors said they sporadically heard screaming matches from inside the home, often punctuated with profanities from the young man.
The man seemed more agitated and unsettled when he returned from the military a few years ago, said Don and Effie MacLeod, who live over the back fence.
"One look at the guy and you could tell something was wrong," said Don MacLeod. "He was full of bad temper."
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An obituary in the Santa Ana Orange County Register said Ian Long’s father, David Bruce Long, died in 1999 of liver failure, when Ian Long was 9 years old.
In 2006, Long and his mother, Colleen Long, moved into the home on Fowler Avenue, according to property records. Neighbors said his mother was friendly, quick to exchange a nice word during her frequent walks with her three German shepherds.
Thousand Oaks gunman had ‘several contacts’ with police over the years
But they described in vivid words the angry and troubled nature of her son.
Carol Richardson, who lives a few houses down from the Longs, said a friend went to the home a few times to “calm him down.” After Wednesday night’s shooting, Richardson said her son texted her, “I bet it was that guy.”
“We always knew he had problems,” said her 19-year-old daughter, Morgan Richardson.
Blake Winnett, who lived with Long for a few years, most recently in 2014, said he never saw signs of PTSD or mental health problems in his former roommate.
“He was just quiet . . . did his own thing,” said Winnett, 35. “Kept his door closed all the time.”
Long listened to music constantly, he said, rarely appearing without his ear buds. He recalled seeing Long dancing alone in their garage on several occasions.
“I would open the garage and he’d be in there all sweaty,” Winnett said. “He would put his laptop on the dryer playing this EDM trance music and it’d be like 100 degrees in there. But he would always keep the garage shut.”
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Sometimes, Long would go into the Reseda home’s garage and dance alone to electronic dance music, even on sweltering days.
“He’d be in the garage for an hour, 100 degrees outside and in the middle of the day,” Winnett said.
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Winnett said he would sometimes coax Long into grabbing a drink at bars in Los Angeles and Simi Valley or nearby areas.
Long, he said, occasionally went to Borderline, but the bar’s Western vibe wasn’t really his scene.
Another former roommate in the Reseda house, who requested anonymity to protect her privacy, said she felt that Long did have some PTSD from the war. But his personality changed after the motorcycle crash. The accident required Long to undergo surgeries and left him unable to work out, she said.
“He started taking pills for his pain, and he was just not the same,” she said. “His demeanor definitely changed. I didn’t know if it was due to the accident itself and the pain, or the pills. He had a character change and was more isolated.”
She said he spent nine months never leaving the house, mostly holed up in his room, before moving back in with his mother in 2016.
“In retrospect, should I have done something?” the roommate said. “I did think to myself, I remember vocalizing this, ‘If I know anyone that might become a shooter, it would be Ian.’ ”
Suspect in California bar shooting identified as 28-year-old former Marine
But neighbors say the placid street belied the tempestuous behavior of Long, who arrived with his mother about a dozen years ago as a teenagers.
Neighbors said they sporadically heard screaming matches from inside the home, often punctuated with profanities from the young man.
The man seemed more agitated and unsettled when he returned from the military a few years ago, said Don and Effie MacLeod, who live over the back fence.
"One look at the guy and you could tell something was wrong," said Don MacLeod. "He was full of bad temper."
....
An obituary in the Santa Ana Orange County Register said Ian Long’s father, David Bruce Long, died in 1999 of liver failure, when Ian Long was 9 years old.
In 2006, Long and his mother, Colleen Long, moved into the home on Fowler Avenue, according to property records. Neighbors said his mother was friendly, quick to exchange a nice word during her frequent walks with her three German shepherds.
Thousand Oaks gunman had ‘several contacts’ with police over the years
But they described in vivid words the angry and troubled nature of her son.
Carol Richardson, who lives a few houses down from the Longs, said a friend went to the home a few times to “calm him down.” After Wednesday night’s shooting, Richardson said her son texted her, “I bet it was that guy.”
“We always knew he had problems,” said her 19-year-old daughter, Morgan Richardson.
Blake Winnett, who lived with Long for a few years, most recently in 2014, said he never saw signs of PTSD or mental health problems in his former roommate.
“He was just quiet . . . did his own thing,” said Winnett, 35. “Kept his door closed all the time.”
Long listened to music constantly, he said, rarely appearing without his ear buds. He recalled seeing Long dancing alone in their garage on several occasions.
“I would open the garage and he’d be in there all sweaty,” Winnett said. “He would put his laptop on the dryer playing this EDM trance music and it’d be like 100 degrees in there. But he would always keep the garage shut.”
....
Sometimes, Long would go into the Reseda home’s garage and dance alone to electronic dance music, even on sweltering days.
“He’d be in the garage for an hour, 100 degrees outside and in the middle of the day,” Winnett said.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/la-me-shooter-profile-20181108-story.html
Winnett said he would sometimes coax Long into grabbing a drink at bars in Los Angeles and Simi Valley or nearby areas.
Long, he said, occasionally went to Borderline, but the bar’s Western vibe wasn’t really his scene.
Another former roommate in the Reseda house, who requested anonymity to protect her privacy, said she felt that Long did have some PTSD from the war. But his personality changed after the motorcycle crash. The accident required Long to undergo surgeries and left him unable to work out, she said.
“He started taking pills for his pain, and he was just not the same,” she said. “His demeanor definitely changed. I didn’t know if it was due to the accident itself and the pain, or the pills. He had a character change and was more isolated.”
She said he spent nine months never leaving the house, mostly holed up in his room, before moving back in with his mother in 2016.
“In retrospect, should I have done something?” the roommate said. “I did think to myself, I remember vocalizing this, ‘If I know anyone that might become a shooter, it would be Ian.’ ”
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