A coroner named 58-year-old family man John Mendoza responsible in the murder-suicide at Bixby Knolls Law office in Long Beach around 2:25pm, according to the Press Telegram. Long Beach police responded to Bixby Knolls amid reports of an active shooter, but realized after it was actually a 'workplace violence incident'. He opened fire at the law firm holiday party after he reportedly got firedMendoza shot dead Major A Langer (shown left) at Bixby Knolls Law office in Long Beach around 2.25pm. A murder investigation is currently underway at the scene and a handgun was found in the office, according to the Long Beach Post. Long Beach is about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles on the southern tip of LA county and has about 460,000 people.

Source: Daily Mail December 31, 2017 00:43 UTC