The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department posted on its Twitter account that there is an “active shooter in the area of Orange Show Rd/ Waterman Ave near Park center”.
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A spokeswoman for the San Bernardino Police Department said there may be as many as three shooters inside the center.
Federal authorities say that the two assault rifles and two handguns used in the San Bernardino massacre were all purchased legally in the United States – two of them by someone who’s now under investigation. Law enforcement is going floor to floor trying to clear building 2.
The suspects, she said, are heavily armed and were possibly wearing body armor.
The attack appears to have centered in or around the Inland Regional Center – a an agency that assists those with developmental disabilities.
Triage units are being set up in the area, and some people have been seen being wheeled away on gurneys. She was able to lock herself in her office.
The assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, David Bowdich, said at the news conference, “Is this a terrorist incident?”
Tom Brown said he and countless other employees and customers at San Bernardino Golf Club were on lockdown Wednesday. We will update as the situation develops.
“We’re not allowing anyone on the golf course”.
As the mass shooting event in San Bernardino, California unfolded, former Indianapolis Public Safety Director Troy Riggs explained how local authorities would respond to a similar incident.
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The number of victims is not yet confirmed, though police reports indicate it to be between 10 to 20.
