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Police: Three people are dead, two injured after gunman opens fire at a Denny's restaurant in Pismo Beach, California.

At least two shot at Pismo Beach Denny's;
gunman barricaded inside restaurant
58-year-old man and woman on ambulance to hospital; unclear if other victims; police have building surrounded and streets blocked off
Tribune staff report
Two people are being taken by ambulance to a local hospital with gunshot wounds received at the Pismo Beach Denny's restaurant.
According to radio dispatches, the man and woman, both 58, are stable and not complaining of abdominal pain.
Both were shot in the buttocks. The woman had no exit wound, but the man did, according to medics speaking to radio dispatchers.
A gunman is reportedly barricaded inside the restaurant off Five Cities Drive and Fourth Street.
Police have the building surrounded and nearby streets have been blocked off.
It's unclear whether restaurant patrons or employees are still inside.
More details are expected after a 1 p.m. police briefing.

Uhh, very ugly. My family and I have actually driven by Pismo Beach twice before, it's a really beautiful and calm community, and in fact I once wanted to live there. I do not know how this could happen. Prayers to the families of the victims.