Bar employee, gunman dead in California shooting

Investigators are trying to determine why a patron at a Long Beach bar suddenly began shooting, killing an employee before dying himself.

The shooting occurred shortly before 12:30 in the morning yesterday at the Bottoms Up sports bar.

Owner Susan Blevin tells KABC-TV that the gunman, who'd been at the bar for several hours, appeared to be shooting randomly.

She says a bar handyman, 44-year-old Manuel Marquez, helped a bartender hide and was later found shot to death.

Police say an arriving officer heard shots, saw the suspect with a gun and fired.

A patron inside then called 911 and reported other patrons were locked in a storeroom.

SWAT officers found the suspect dead, holding the gun.

A man who was selling tacos outside the bar was wounded but his injuries aren't life-threatening.