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San Bernardino shooting: Police kill two suspects after hunt | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Two heavily armed suspects - one male and one female - have been killed by police after a mass shooting in California left 14 people dead. | |
Police confirmed that the suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns and wearing "assault-style clothing". | |
Hours earlier, the gunmen opened fire during a holiday party at a San Bernardino community centre. | |
Up 17 people were wounded and the city virtually shut down as hundreds of officers searched for the gunmen. | |
The FBI is not ruling out the possibility of terrorism but the situation is still being investigated. | |
Authorities are also evaluating a possible explosive device at the Inland Regional Center. | |
The attack took place in a conference area where the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health was holding a social event, said Maybeth Field, the centre's president. |