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Police: Male and female suspects dead following shootings in San Bernardino

POSTED 8:13 PM, DECEMBER 2, 2015, BY FOX 17 NEWS, UPDATED AT 08:55PM, DECEMBER 2, 2015

(AP) — Police are serving a search warrant on a home in Redlands, California, in connection with the deadly shooting at a social services facility in neighboring San Bernardino.

Officials said Wednesday evening that a male suspect and a female suspect are dead.

City spokesman Carl Baker says Redlands police are assisting San Bernardino police in the search connected to the Wednesday morning shooting that killed at least 14 people and wounded more than a dozen others.

An Associated Press reporter watched as a half-dozen vehicles carrying helmeted police drove into the area. One officer carrying an assault rifle ordered reporters to clear the area, and an armored vehicle parked outside a row of homes.

The action followed a gunbattle between occupants of an SUV and San Bernardino police not far from the original shooting scene.

http://fox17online.com/2015/12/02/se...an-bernardino/

San Bernardino shooting: Third suspect detained

Updated: December 2, 2015, 7:48 pm


7:40 p.m.
Two suspects dead: 1 male, 1 female. They had assault style clothing, assault rifles, and handguns. Police are investigating possible explosive devices. The third suspect has been detained. The two suspects killed were the only ones inside the SUV. They exchanged fire with law enforcement.

http://wkrg.com/2015/12/02/breaking-...no-california/

It was unclear where the suspects may have been during the nearly four hours following the attack, but they did not get far. There were reports that one may have been at the facility earlier, possibly to verify the presence of someone targeted for death, only to return with two more gunmen to unleash horror.

Another report, in the Los Angeles Times, had the man getting into an argument at the party and returning with armed henchmen.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/02.../?intcmp=hpbt1

The Los Angeles Times reports that its sources indicate the lead gunman was a U.S. citizen.

Meanwhile, local NBC News is reporting the progress of the SWAT team in entering the Redlands house of one of the suspects:

5:45 p.m.: The local police chief says that the suspects came to the scene “dressed and equipped.”

They had “assault-style” rifles.

The device that officers feared was a pipe bomb turned out not to be an explosive. It is possible the third suspect was not involved.

5:42 p.m.: Local and federal law enforcement authorities are addressing a press conference. The new casualty numbers are 14 dead and 17 wounded. Two of the suspects–one male, one female–are dead. A third has been detained. None has yet been identified and their ages have not been given. A home linked to a suspect is being searched in Redlands–“very cautiously,” says the FBI, given the potential for booby traps. The FBI says that terrorism is a “possibility” but still not certain: “It is a possibility but we don’t know that yet. And we’re not wiling to go down that road yet.”

Again, we will see if this is the case.
'POSSIBLE TERRORISM' WITH 1 MAN, 1 WOMAN

2 gunmen killed by police, another possible suspect in custody

Published: 7 hours ago.
Updated: 12/02/2015
DOUGLAS ERNST


A mass shooting at a California social services center killed at least 14 and wounded 17 on Wednesday.

Three gunmen linked to the San Bernardino massacre at the Inland Regional Center fled in a black GMC Yukon for three miles before police brought the vehicle to a halt. Two individuals, one male and one female, were killed in a shootout with cops. One individual was taken into custody, but police declined to note the individual’s gender.

Authorities are also in the process of executing a high-risk search warrant at a Redlands home.

Riverside police dispatchers broadcast a general advisory earlier in the day indicating the suspects were wearing body armor and carrying AK-47-type weapons. Pipe bombs were thrown at officers as they pursued the getaway vehicle from Redlands back to San Bernardino.
The first 911 calls came in just after 2:00 p.m. EST.

“Obviously, at minimum, we have a domestic terrorist-type situation that occurred here. They came prepared to do what they did as if they were on a mission,” San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan told reporters.

David Bowdich, the assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, was more cautious.

“It is a possibility, but we don’t know that. We will go where the evidence takes us. It’s possible it goes down that route; it’s possible that it does not.”

A federal law enforcement official told the Los Angeles Times one of the suspects may have angrily left a holiday party at building and came back with “one or two” others before opening fire. The conference room where the shooting took place had been rented to a heath care provider for its annual event.

The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on the scene and aided in the destruction of a suspicious device left in the building. SWAT teams also cleared the complex, which employs roughly 670.

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At least seven victims were taken to the nearest hospital, Loma Linda University Medical Center, spokeswoman Briana Pastorino told the Los Angeles Times.

“It was so scary and chaotic. Somebody came running in here yelling there was a shooter,” said Tamelle Levin, who works next-door to the center at J&S Paper, the Daily Beast reported. “I had my music on so I didn’t even hear him at first. It’s better now with the police and SWAT teams all over but we can’t move. We can’t go or come. It’s blocked for up to two miles, we hear. We don’t know what’s going on. It’s crazy.”

All San Bernardino public buildings, court houses and a nearby golf club were placed on lockdown.

The Inland Regional Center is one of 21 facilities serving people with developmental disabilities, said Nancy Lungren, spokeswoman for the California Department of Developmental Services, Fox News reported. The state-run center specializes in provided assistance to individuals with autism.

“I don’t even understand why they would target these individuals,” Marybeth Feild, the center’s CEO, told the Los Angeles Times. “This is very bizarre. I don’t know why anybody would want to hurt people who provide disability services.”

President Obama was informed of the shooting and commented on it during an interview with CBS News.

“We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world, and there’s some steps we could take, not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they don’t happen as frequently, common-sense gun safety laws, stronger background checks,” Obama said. “My hope is that we’re able to contain this particular shooting and we don’t yet know what the motives of the shooters are, but what we do know is that there are steps we can take to make Americans safer and that we should come together in a bipartisan basis at every level of government to make these rare as opposed to normal.”

San Bernardino is located roughly 60 miles east of Los Angeles and has a population of roughly 210,000 people.

Related: GOP sympathy for victims, Dems call for gun control

This is a developing story…

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Emergency workers set up a triage center for victims of the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting Dec. 2, 2015 (Photo: KABC screenshot)

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The Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California (Photo: Google Earth)

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San Bernardino Shooting Suspects ‘Down’ Or Dead After Shootout With California Police [video]


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Times reporters are providing updates from the scene.

6:47 P.M.

One suspect's name is Syed Farook, sources say

Two law enforcement sources identified one of the suspects in the San Bernardino shooting as Syed Farook.

According to public records, a Syed R. Farook worked as an environmental health specialist for San Bernardino County. It's unclear whether that is the same person connected to the attack. The shooting occurred at an event for the county's public health department.

Two other federal law enforcement sources, while not revealing the name of the suspect they were referring to, said he was an American citizen.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...htmlstory.html

One suspect identified, police kill man and woman connected to San Bernardino mass shooting


A center for people with developmental disabilities is the scene of a fatal shooting in San Bernardino.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Richard A. Serrano, Veronica Rocha , Joseph Serna and Paloma Esquivel Contact Reporters

A man and a woman connected to a mass shooting that left 14 people dead and 17 wounded in San Bernardino were killed in a firefight with police officers after a car chase Wednesday, authorities said.

Two law enforcement sources identified one of the deceased suspects as Syed Farook, an American citizen.

Public records show a person named Syed R. Farook was employed by the San Bernardino County Health department as an environmental health specialist, but it was not clear if that was the same person involved in the shooting.

The identity of the second person killed by police was not immediately known.

Police tracked the alleged assailants to a home in the Redlands around 3 p.m., touching off a dramatic televised car chase that ended in a shootout on the streets of San Bernardino, according to city police chief Jarrod Burguan.

A police officer was also wounded in the gun battle, but is expected to survive.

A federal law enforcement source told The Times that the suspects hurled what were believed to be pipe bombs at police during the vehicle pursuit. Burguan said police recovered one device, but it turned out not to be an explosive.

A third person was detained in the area where the pursuit ended. That person's connection to the shooting was unknown.


Police Chief: Upwards of 14 dead, 14 injured in San Bernardino mass shooting

Police storm Inland Regional Center

Multiple victims reported shot in San Bernardino; as many as 3 shooters sought

The chase came four hours after assailants opened fire at a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center, a social services office that aids people with developmental disabilities.

A senior federal official who is monitoring the case said investigators believe one of the shooters left the party after getting into an argument and returned with one or two armed companions. Local officials at an evening news conference said it was not clear whether the people involved in the dispute were the same people involved in the shooting.

The shooters carried long guns and wore masks when they opened fire around 11 a.m. in a large conference room where San Bernardino County health department employees were gathered, according to witnesses and officials.

In an exchange overheard on a law enforcement radio channel, an official can be heard telling a dispatcher Farook "was at the meeting," referring to where the shooting took place, and then left "out of the blue."

Farook "was acting nervous" and left the building approximately 20 minutes before the gunfire erupted, according to the recorded transmissions.

A black sport utility vehicle was seen fleeing from the office complex where the shooting occurred. Shortly before 3 p.m., police began pursuing a black SUV in San Bernardino.

TV footage showed dozens of heavily armed police officers approaching the SUV, and officers in tactical gear could be seen stalking through a San Bernardino neighborhood.

A body could be seen lying in the street near the vehicle. Blood was pooling nearby and a weapon was lying just feet away.

The motive for the attack remains unclear.

"Is this a terrorist incident? We do not know," said David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles field office.

Burguan said that at least one device that police believed to be an explosive was recovered at the center, where authorities were expected to remain for several hours.

Earlier in the day, a federal law enforcement official told The Times that a robot had been used to dispose of a potential explosive device.

The shooting rippled across San Bernardino. All county schools, as well as city government buildings and courthouses, were on lockdown as police continued to search for the assailants. School officials, however, stressed that students had not been in danger and were dismissed on the regular schedule.
During a news briefing, Burguan said information about the party being the focus of the attack was "preliminary" and he declined to comment on a motive for the shooting.
“We have no information at this point to indicate that this is terrorist related, in the traditional sense that people may be thinking,” Burguan said. “Obviously, at a minimum, we have a domestic terrorist-type situation that occurred here.”
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Hundreds of people were on the grounds at the time of the attack, Burguan said. Inland Regional Center officials said the conference room where the party was taking place can hold up to 200 people.
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Chaos followed the gunfire. At first, some at the scene mistook the shots and law enforcement response for a routine disaster drill.
Dorothy Vong, a nurse who was working in a nearby building, captured the tension in a video.
As law enforcement officials sprinted toward the scene, someone can be heard saying, “Oh, that is scary.”
“They’re all geared up!” someone else says. “Rifles and everything!”
In the background, someone laughs. Then the reality sets in.
Carlos Ortiz’s son Kevin Ortiz was shot twice in the leg and once in the shoulder.
Carlos Ortiz, 54, was among a dozen people holding hands in a prayer circle outside Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where numerous victims were taken.
“Kevin called me immediately after he got shot and said ‘I’ve been shot three times, Dad. I’m in pain. Don’t worry. There’s a policeman with me.’”
Seconds later, the phone call ended.
Kathy Hotetz, 37, waited anxiously outside the same hospital for word of her sister Denise Peraza’s condition. Peraza, 27, was shot once.
“She’s alive,” Hotetz said. “That’s all I know. Not knowing any more than that is the scariest part.”
A short time later, Peraza called her sister from her hospital bed, and gave a grueling account of the attack.
Live updates: 14 killed in attack; 2 suspects killed by police

She said the doors opened and two men dressed in all black wearing face masks entered with “big ol' guns” and started shooting.
“Everyone dropped to the floor,” Peraza told her relatives. “The guys opened fired for 30 seconds, randomly, then paused to reload and began firing again.”
Peraza was hiding under a desk when she was struck in the lower back. After the attackers left, the scene was silent for about five minutes. Then the doors swung open again, and a swarm of police officers entered the room.
Closer to the shooting scene, dozens of people spent hours hiding in their workplaces.
Fred Henning was holed up inside the paralegal’s office where he works with his wife, about a block from the scene of the shooting. Henning said they were standing outside as helicopters swooped overhead.

“We just came inside because it could be stray bullets, who knows?” Henning said.
The block where the shooting took place is home to a number of businesses, Henning said, including a three-building complex that houses his office and about 140 others.
Lynn Spicer, an employee at West Tech/Webcop Interactive Systems, inside a nearby office building, said police were not allowing anyone to leave the area.
“I just heard sirens all day, and I went out and I saw nothing but massive cops were out,” Spicer said.
Spicer said more than 100 people were brought over from the Inland Regional building and gathered in her office complex’s parking lot.
“It’s shocking that it’s right across the way,” Spicer said. “It’s very scary.”
President Obama was briefed on the shooting by his Homeland Security advisor, Lisa Monaco, and asked to be updated as the situation developed.
The president was being interviewed by CBS on Wednesday morning when news of the attack broke, and said the repeated occurrence of mass shootings shows the need for stricter gun laws in the U.S.
"Obviously, our hearts go out to the victims and the families,” he said, according to a transcript of the interview. "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.”
With nearly 670 employees, the Inland Regional Center serves those with developmental disabilities in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, according to the center’s Facebook page.
The center has provided services to more than 30,200 people with developmental disabilities and their families for at least 40 years. The nonprofit organization serves children, adults and seniors.
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According to the center, it was “built on the foundation of three core values — independence, inclusion, and empowerment. In following these core values, we hope to help provide each individual with a service system that helps identify and eliminate barriers for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families so they can closely live a typical lifestyle.”
The center has been in the news before.
In 2010, parents and care providers criticized the center for ignoring children’s needs, the San Bernardino Sun reported. The center was accused of showing favoritism regarding vendor rates.
Employees filed a civil lawsuit against the center, alleging they were retaliated against for advocating for patients, the Sun reported.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...html#nt=outfit

At Least 14 Dead in California Shooting, Two Suspects Killed NBCNews.com‎ - 22 mins ago

A person named Syed Farook is listed in public records as a resident of the Redlands address ... source said another member of the trio is believed to be Farook's brother.

• Authorities identified a possible suspect as Syed Farook and another as possibly his brother.