Fourteen people have died and another fourteen have been injured in what police are calling an active shooter situation in San Bernardino, California. SWAT teams are pursuing as many as three suspects.
San Bernardino police chief Jarrod Burguan said in a press conference that the suspects “came prepared to do what they did as if they were on a mission” and that most of the victims were in a “centralized location.” The shooting only lasted three or four minutes. Burguan also mentioned that there would be a press conference “every hour on the hour.”
The call came in around 11 a.m. PT in the 1300 block of South Waterman Avenue, at the Inland Regional Center, according to San Bernardino police Lt. Rich Lawhead. The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office closed off local streets and emergency responders were making their way into a cluster of buildings on the scene. Police don’t know anythin about the suspects — race, age, etc.
Witnesses report seeing gunman in masks and body armor entering the building where the shooting took place.
Up to 30 hostages were seen coming out of the building affected, a center for treating developmentally disabled people.
The suspects were said to have sped away in an SUV.
A makeshift triage center was set up outside the building and a local NBC reporter said there were not enough ambulances to transport victims.
The Los Angeles Times reports and that police are searching for a black SUV. A Youkon, specifically.
One woman working inside the building texted her father and asked him to “pray for us.”
Father reads text from daughter at scene of San Bernardino shooting: "Shooting at my work. People shot…pray for us." abcn.ws/1O4mdCY – ABC7
Posted by ABC News on Wednesday, December 2, 2015
San Bernardino Shooting Update: Police say “multiple shooters” opened fire at the Inland Regional Center and at least one of the shooters may have left in a black SUV. There are confirmed fatalities. http://fxn.ws/1N449ZL
Posted by Fox News on Wednesday, December 2, 2015
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At least three suspected #SanBernardino shooters vanished from the building after the gunfire, sources says https://t.co/fZv9BLDwk5
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 2, 2015
Calif mass shooting: Authorities told shooter(s) burst into meeting firing "apparent semi-automatic" long rifles
— Rick Serrano (@RickSerranoLAT) December 2, 2015
Mark Stutte – works in building, says 3 gunmen went into building where employees were having a party
— Tara Wallis (@tarawallis) December 2, 2015
Mark Stutte- says daughter texted him from restroom, terrified that gunmen were shooting her coworkers
— Tara Wallis (@tarawallis) December 2, 2015
Mark Stutte's daughter is okay, but many people have been wounded in that building. Stutte didn't know if gunmen specifically targeted party
— Tara Wallis (@tarawallis) December 2, 2015
BREAKING: Police confirm fatalities in shooting at San Bernardino, California, social services center.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 2, 2015
JUST IN: Loma Linda Medical Center: 4 patients from Calif. mass shooting have been received; 3 more expected.
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) December 2, 2015
