BREAKING: Mass Shooting Underway In California, 12 Dead (LIVE UPDATES)
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we must report that yet another mass shooting is currently underway in San Bernadino, California. Details are still emerging but it appears that there are twelve fatalities, anywhere from 20 to 40 wounded, and one to three active shooters. It appears to have taken place at an government-run adult disability center. There may be multiple shooters; FOX has reported that police are searching for three white males:
#BREAKING: Reports of an active shooter in San Bernardino. Police looking for 3 white males dressed in military gear. At least 20 injured
— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@myfoxla) December 2, 2015
LIVE: At least 20 shot and 12 are dead in San Bernardino where there is an active shooter. 1-3 possible suspects. https://t.co/3QbJkFnEBr
— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@myfoxla) December 2, 2015
This story will be updated as more developments emerge. Our thoughts are with the victims of this horrific violence, coming just five days after the last mass shooting in Colorado Springs. 3:04 PM – UPDATE: Bomb detonation robot being deployed to detonate suspicious device
San Bernadino police on scanner are calling in bomb squad to detonate suspicious device in building that saw mass shooting — Calgary Sun (@calgarysun) December 2, 2015
3:15 PM – UPDATE: CNN’s Piers Morgan had this to say:
This might be one of the worst mass shootings in American history if early reports are accurate. Horrific. #sanbernardino
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 2, 2015
3:54 – UPDATE: two men have been seen removing black clothing on an overpass.
BREAKING: from San Bernadino Co. Sherff’s scanners: two men seen removing black clothing #SanBernadinoshooting
— News Radio KLBJ (@NewsRadioKLBJ) December 2, 2015
4:15 – UPDATE: Radio scanners report shots fired at a Target in San Bernadino.
Shots fired: 2380 North Sterling Target Shopping Center #SanBernadinohttps://t.co/6LdLK49qdx — Shane Morris (@IamShaneMorris) December 2, 2015
4:33 – UPDATE: CNN confirms gunmen were armed with Kalashnikov assault weapons.
The three suspects are believed to be armed with AK-47-type weapons, a local law enforcement official told CNN https://t.co/wulllG52p8 — CNN (@CNN) December 2, 2015
4:44 UPDATE: President Obama has briefly addressed the media in response to the attacks: “There are steps we can take to make Americans safer,” he said. “We should never think this is something that just happens in the normal course of events.” Obama said the pattern of U.S. mass shootings “has no parallel anywhere else in the world.”
4:45 UPDATE: The disability center appears to not have been the target.
#BREAKING City health officials were having holiday party in conference room where shootings happened #SanBernardino https://t.co/QkXMdXB5JY
— FOX59 News (@FOX59) December 2, 2015
4:58 – BREAKING: California police announce 14 are dead, another 14 wounded. Shooters still at large. There is no identification or suspects. 6:19- BREAKING: One suspect is down in shootout. 6:21 UPDATE: One suspect down, one cop injured in shootout.
Breaking!!! One suspect down in shootout. Via @ABC7 #SanBernadino pic.twitter.com/wluMfSMn3v — Benny (@BRios82) December 2, 2015
BREAKING: One officer is down. Hit by a bullet, possible ricochet. Gun battle continues. Still unconfirmed if #SanBernardinoShooting suspect
— Gigi Graciette (@GigiGraciette) December 2, 2015
UPDATE – 6:47: One suspect confirmed killed, other two reportedly in custody:
One #SanBernadino shooter in the floor after getting hit by bullets from california PD! sospechoso en el piso herido tras ser herido por policias
Posted by XposedMagazine on Wednesday, December 2, 2015
UPDATE – 8:50: Two suspects dead, one male, one female. The one more suspect has been detained but it is unclear if they had anything to do with the shooting. The FBI says that terrorism is a possibility but don’t rule it out. There will be one more press conference in three hours.
UPDATE- 10:56: The LA Times reports “that two law enforcement sources identified one of the suspects as Syed Farook. Two separate law enforcement sources said one of the suspected gunmen was an American citizen, but declined to identify them. 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 man and woman killed by police was not immediately known.”
