Cook's Corner Massacre (Santiago Canyon Orange County CA)

Sergeant John P. Snowling served with the Ventura Police Department from July 1986 through February 2014. The investigation into the shooting that resulted in the death of four people and six others injured is currently being investigated by Orange County Sheriff's Department with VPD's full cooperation detailed the police force's press release.

https://abc7.com/orange-county-bar-mass-shooting-trabuco-canyon-crooks-corner/13694011/

https://www.ocregister.com/2023/08/24/who-was-alleged-cooks-corner-gunman-and-ex-ventura-cop-john-patrick-snowling/

John Patrick Snowling’s wife, Marie, once called him “very, very controlling.”

One of Marie Snowling’s closest friends remembered him as a “crazy husband.”

At various times, John Snowling was a veteran cop reaching out to the homeless; a union boss accused of dirty tricks and a private investigator. On Wednesday night, prosecutors say, Snowling, 59, became a killer in a melee that left three victims dead and six others injured, including his estranged wife. Marie Snowling was shot once in the lower jaw and was recuperating from her injuries Thursday at UCI Medical Center.

John Snowling himself was fatally shot in a gun battle with Orange County Sheriff’s deputies outside the well-known biker bar and family restaurant, Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon, during $8 Spaghetti Night.

Court records show the Snowlings separated in November 2020 after nearly 22 years of marriage. She filed for divorce in December 2022. The couple have two adult children.