Update: On Wednesday, Dec. 2, a shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, left 14 people dead and 21 wounded. Hours after the attack, police pursued information that led to a chase of a dark SUV, which was later determined to be a rental car. A shootout between police and the suspects left both suspects dead. The suspects were identified as Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who were husband and wife.
According to SBPD Chief Jarrod Burguan, the four guns used in the shooting were purchased legally. The suspects were found to have 1,600 rounds of ammunition with them, and at a home the suspects were renting in Redlands, California, law enforcement officers found 4,500 rounds of ammunition and 12 pipe bombs. No official motive has been confirmed, though a source told The Los Angeles Times that investigators are considering a combined motive of “terrorism and workplace.”
Earlier: On Wednesday morning, the local fire department reported an active shooter in San Bernardino, California, a city 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Details about the shooting are still emerging, with KABC-TV reporting that there are at least 25 people injured on the scene, and allegedly 12 fatalities. The shooting took place at the Inland Regional Center, a facility serving people with developmental disabilities. The San Bernardino Fire Department tweeted out warnings for people to evacuate the area at 11:26 a.m., specifically in the block of 1300 S. Waterman Street.
The identities and motives of the one to three possible shooters are not yet known, although there have been reports of video of people being escorted from the building by police after the shooting. According to their Facebook page, the Inland Regional Center has a staff of about 670 members, catering to a community of 30,200 people with disabilities in San Bernardino County and nearby Riverside County. Photos show police and SWAT teams arriving in the aftermath of the shooting and emergency responders treating victims on the street, as well as a large group of people who were evacuated on the scene, some of whom indicated that individuals in ski masks were seen on the scene.
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