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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 named the dead suspects as US-born Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, a county employee, and Tashfeen Malik, 27. | |
| Officers opened fire at a black SUV, earlier identified as the getaway vehicle, killing both suspects inside. | |
| Hours earlier, gunmen opened fire during a holiday party at a San Bernardino community centre. | |
| The incident marks the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 26 people were killed at a school in Newton, Connecticut in 2012. | The incident marks the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 26 people were killed at a school in Newton, Connecticut in 2012. |
| Police said the two dead suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns and wearing "assault-style clothing". | |
| 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. |
| Authorities found three possible explosive devices at the Inland Regional Center, where the shooting took place. | |
| San Bernardino is a city of about 200,000 people, 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles. | |
| At the scene: James Cook, BBC News, Los Angeles correspondent | |
| As darkness fell, San Bernardino felt more like a warzone than a city in California. For much of the day the air had been alive with the sound of sirens, helicopters and, at times, gunfire. | |
| Outside the social services centre where the shooting began, the wounded were treated on a street which resembled a field hospital. | |
| Suddenly paramilitary-style police, explosives experts and ambulances took off in a wail of noise. They were racing to the scene of a gun battle with the suspects. | |
| For this city, it has been a day of panic and chaos, as people struggle to cope with America's worst mass shooting in three years. By one measure though there has been more than one mass shooting on average every day this year. | |
| In that respect this was just another day in the United States of America. | |
| At around 11:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday, at least one shooter opened fire at the social services centre. Hundreds of people were evacuated as police officers swept through the massive complex and into the residential area. | |
| Others locked themselves in rooms waiting for police to arrive. | 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. | "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 and mental health problems, but the shooting appeared to be unrelated to the patients. | |
| Up to 17 people were wounded. | |
| 'Came prepared' | |
| 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. |
| "They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission," San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. | "They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission," San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. |
| Police launched a manhunt saying they were looking for up to three suspects who had fled in a black SUV. | Police launched a manhunt saying they were looking for up to three suspects who had fled in a black SUV. |
| Hours later police raided an apartment complex in the nearby town of Redlands, the black SUV pulled away and a chase ensued. | |
| Then just two miles from the centre, police riddled the vehicle with gunfire killing the two suspects inside. One police officer was injured. | |
| A third person near the gun battle was detained, but police said it was unclear if that person had anything to do with the shooting. | A third person near the gun battle was detained, but police said it was unclear if that person had anything to do with the shooting. |
| The mass shooting comes just days after three people were killed at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic. | The mass shooting comes just days after three people were killed at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic. |
| US President Barack Obama said in response to the shooting: "One thing we do know is that we have a pattern of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere in the world. | US President Barack Obama said in response to the shooting: "One thing we do know is that we have a pattern of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere in the world. |
| "There are some steps that we could take, not to eliminate all incidents, but to make sure they happen less frequently." | "There are some steps that we could take, not to eliminate all incidents, but to make sure they happen less frequently." |
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