Sheriff's investigators planned to talk to him at length once he was recovering at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.

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We also talked to NPD analyst Peter Baker, who was fresh from a recent visit to the store in Mission Viejo.

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This year Smith announced REI would shut stores in Mission Viejo, Calif. and Orem, Utah, the first closures in the company's history.

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He was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Mission Viejo, California, late Friday afternoon, Orange County Coroner's Deputy Daniel Aikin said.

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Foundstone, an Internet security company in Mission Viejo, Calif.

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Ashby, 31, of Mission Viejo, California, is charged with 20 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count each of destroying private property, destroying government property, dereliction of duty and improper flight planning.

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Catherine Rich, 40, of Mission Viejo, Calif.

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