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| San Bernardino shooting: Police kill two suspects after hunt | San Bernardino shooting: Police kill two suspects after hunt |
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| Two heavily armed suspects - one male and one female - have been killed by police after a mass shooting in California left 14 people dead. | 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". | 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. | Hours earlier, the gunmen opened fire during a holiday party at a San Bernardino community centre. |
| Up to 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. | The FBI is not ruling out the possibility of terrorism but the situation is still being investigated. |
| "They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission," San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. | |
| Authorities are also evaluating a possible explosive device at the Inland Regional Center, where the shooting took place. | |
| Hundreds of people were evacuated from the health care centre as police officers swept through the massive complex. | |
| Others locked themselves in rooms waiting for police to arrive. | |
| "People shot. In the office waiting for cops. Pray for us. I am locked in an office," Terry Petit's daughter texted him from inside the centre. | |
| The Inland Regional Center specialises in helping adults with disabilities like autism and mental health problems, but the shooting appeared to be unrelated to the patients. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| The incident marks the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 26 people were killed at a Connecticut school in 2012. It comes just days after five people were killed at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic. |