“Farooksyed49” described himself as a Muslim American citizen looking for marriage who lives in “California/riverside” – a community about 11 miles south of San Bernardino.
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But even the foreign-terror script was then scrambled by reports that Farook may have been a disgruntled employee who left the holiday party for the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, where he had worked as an inspector, after arguing with another attendee, then returned a short time later with an arsenal and an accomplice. Less is known about Tashfeen Malik, who is reportedly from Pakistan and lived in Saudi Arabia for some time, according to the Telegraph. “They were armed with long guns, not with handguns”.
Police shed no light on a motive for Thursday’s massacre, which came just five days after a gunman opened fire at Planned Parenthood in Colorado, killing three.
A police cruiser pursued it. Authorities say they were the only two shooters, and relatives said the two were married.
A police office in San Bernardino has been hailed as a hero after a video emerged online of him reassuring terrified evacuees from the Inland Regional Center that he would take a bullet for them. Police pursued the auto to San Bernardino, where the gun battle ensued that left Farook and Malik dead.
The couple was killed in a shootout with police following the incident.
“Locked in an office with 3 other people”.
Two of the firearms have been traced back to them; they were purchased legally. “It’s also possible this was workplace-related”, Obama said after meeting with national security advisers.
Baer went on to add he thought the attack may have been inspired by ISIS.
A bag believed to belong to the shooters was found in the conference room where the party was held.
The couple soon left the scene in a black SUV.
Law enforcement personnel moved in on the home in Redlands. On Wednesday evening, authorities entered the Redlands home and found the 12 pipe bombs.
Twenty-one people were injured before the day was out in this Southern California city of 214,000, including two police officers, authorities said.
President Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement at the White House about gun violence. A sheriff’s deputy suffered cuts on the leg, perhaps from shrapnel. At least five victims of the attack were being treated in Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in nearby Colton, California.
Unclear. The killers didn’t leave a note or any kind of explanation that’s been discovered yet.
The information released by authorities so far suggests that the case is “moving further and further away from workplace violence”, she said. “They looked like they were martyrs to me”, he said.
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“The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world”, Obama told CBS.
