He grew up in a turbulent home but later graduated from California State University, San Bernardino, with a degree in environmental health sciences in 2010.
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A man and woman entered the conference center at the Inland Regional Center on Wednesday morning and began firing automatic weapons at a group of environmental health department employees attending a holiday party.
Michael Raymond Wetzel, 37: Father of six children. He was also a dedicated member of the Church of Woods in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., which issued a statement on its website Thursday confirming his death.
“When Nicholas picked up the phone, he said, ‘Hey sis, how you doing?’ We’re just sitting here talking about politics”, Stephens added. She was confirmed dead by her sister, Tamishia Clayborn, who spoke to local NBC affiliate KNBC.
Just two weeks ago, Thalasinos reportedly got into a heated argument about the nature of Islam with co-worker Syed Farook, whom authorities said perpetrated the horrific San Bernardino attack along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik. They died four hours later and 2 miles away during a furious gunbattle with police.
The victims weren’t only inspectors.
Kaufman, 42, was an employee of a coffee shop at the facility, which assists the developmentally disabled. Rahemaan Ali said Farook seemed happy and his usual self.
“Everyone in my family is devastated”, Kaufman’s uncle, Gregory Johnson, told NBC News. I have never known a better person.
Fourteen people were killed and 21 were wounded, authorities have said.
After realizing what was happening, Baccari, a retired Air Force Reserves medic, hit the floor; he and another man held the door closed with their feet until police arrived.
A GoFundMe page set up to help Jennifer Thompson-Thalasinos with funeral expenses and other costs said the couple “had a truly romantic, fairy tale love” and met online through their shared fandom of the 1980s CBS television show, Beauty and the Beast. His coworkers also found out this morning.
Thalasinos, who was 52, said in his exchanges with Susskind-Sacks that he was raised a Catholic and “a Pagan”, and that he only came to Jesus later in life. But Baccari also said he didn’t notice that Farook was angry at his colleagues or nursed any grudges. The 14 victims of the San Bernardino mass shootingHis wife, Jennifer Thalasinos, said her husband was highly outspoken against radical Islam and most likely went down fighting.
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“They got along”, she told the Times. “I will not lie to a Rabbi and let him believe otherwise to do this – no matter how much I want to”. At one point he saw a post on Facebook that said Kaufmann had been shot but was alive, however after visiting the local hospital he learned that wasn’t true.
