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Thursday 3 December 2015
At Press Time:
14 Dead, Several Wounded In California Mass Shooting
AMANDA LEE MYERS massacre, which came just ter. ing for her daughter and men.
JUSTIN PRITCHARD five days after a gunman “They came prepared to son-in-law, both of whom Several people locked
Associated Press opened fire at Planned Par- do what they did, as if they work at the center. “She themselves in their offices,
SAN BERNARDINO, Cali- enthood in Colorado, killing were on a mission,” the po- gets all the services she pos- desperately waiting to be
fornia (AP) — As many as three. lice chief said. sibly could for these kids. So rescued by police, after
three heavily armed at- In what authorities de- Authorities also found a I just don’t understand why the gunfire erupted. Some
tackers opened fire on a texted their loved ones
banquet at a social servic- In this image taken from video, armored vehicles surround an SUV following a shootout in San or telephoned them and
es center for the disabled Bernardino, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. The scene followed a military-style attack that killed whispered to them what
Wednesday, killing 14 peo- multiple people and wounded others at a California center that serves people with developmen- was going on.
ple and seriously wounding tal disabilities, authorities said. Ten of the wounded were
more than a dozen others hospitalized in critical con-
“as if they were on a mis- (KTTV via AP) dition, and three were in
sion,” authorities said. serious condition, San Ber-
The attackers escaped, scribed as a precision as- potential explosive device somebody would come in nardino Fire Chief Tom
setting a large region east sault, the gunmen invad- found at the social service and start shooting.” Hannemann said. Police
of Los Angeles on edge, ed the Inland Regional center. FBI agents and other law cautioned that the num-
but about four hours later Center and began shoot- That the violence hap- enforcement authorities bers of dead and wound-
police riddled a black SUV ing around 11 a.m. They pened at a place dedicat- converged on the cen- ed were early estimates
with gunfire two miles (3 opened fire in a confer- ed to helping people with ter and searched room that could change.
kilometers) from the late- ence area that the San developmental disabilities to room for the attackers, No weapons were found at
morning carnage. Bernardino County Depart- made it even harder for but they had apparently the center, though authori-
A man and woman in the ment of Public Health had some to comprehend. escaped. Cervantes, the ties were investigating un-
SUV with assault rifles, hand- rented out for a banquet, “These are all disabled kids, police spokeswoman, said identified items in the build-
guns and “assault-style said Marybeth Feild, presi- very disabled,” said Sherry there were reports from wit- ing and brought in bomb
clothing” were killed, Police dent and CEO of the cen- Esquerra, who was search- nesses of one to three gun- squads, Burguan said.
Chief Jarrod Burguan said. As the manhunt went on,
A third person who was stores, office buildings and
spotted running away near at least one school were
the scene of the gun battle locked down in the city of
was detained, but Burguan 214,000 people about 60
said it was unclear if that miles (100 kilometers) east
person had anything to do of Los Angeles, and roads
with the crime. were blocked off.
It was the deadliest mass Triage units were set up out-
shooting in a nation all too side the center, and people
familiar with them since were seen being wheeled
2012, when a man killed away on stretchers. Oth-
26 children and adults at ers walked quickly from a
a school in the Newtown, building with their hands
Connecticut. up. They were searched by
Police shed no light on a police before being reunit-
motive for Wednesday’s ed with loved ones.q
California attack is latest in deadly US mass shootings
The Associated Press shooting. — May 23, 2014: A commu- lice. old gunman Wade Michael
An attack at a Southern nity college student, Elliot — Dec 14, 2012: In New- Page killed six worshippers
California social services — Oct 1, 2015: A shooting Rodger, 22, killed six people town, Connecticut, an at a Sikh Temple before
center Wednesday be- and wounded 13 others in armed 20-year-old man taking his own life.
came the latest mass shoot- at Umpqua Community shooting and stabbing at- entered Sandy Hook Ele- — July 20, 2012: James Hol-
ing in the United States. tacks in the area near the mentary School and used mes, 27, killed 12 people
Here’s a look at some of College in Roseburg, Or- University of California, San- a semi-automatic rifle to and wounded 70 in Aurora,
the deadliest U.S. shootings ta Barbara, campus. Au- slay 26 people, including Colorado, movie theater.
since 2012: egon, left 10 people dead thorities said he apparently 20 first graders and six adult He was sentenced to life in
— Dec. 2, 2015: As many as shot himself to death after school staff members, be- prison without parole.
three gunmen opened fire and seven wounded, au- a shootout with deputies. fore killing himself. — April 2, 2012: Seven peo-
at a social services center — Sept. 16, 2013: Aaron — Sept. 27, 2012: In Min- ple were killed and three
in San Bernardino, Califor- thorities said. Shooter Chris- Alexis, a mentally disturbed nesota’s deadliest work- were wounded when a
nia, killing at least 14 people civilian contractor, shot place killing spree, Andrew 43-year-old former student
and wounding more than a topher Harper-Mercer, 26, 12 people to death at the Engeldinger, who had just opened fire at Oikos Uni-
dozen, authorities said. The Washington Navy Yard be- been fired, pulled a gun versity, in Oakland, Califor-
attackers escaped, but po- exchanged gunfire with fore he was killed in a po- and fatally shot six people, nia. One Goh was charged
lice said one male and one lice shootout. including the company’s with seven counts of mur-
female suspect were later police then killed himself. — July 26, 2013: Pedro Var- founder. He also wounded der and three counts of
killed in a shootout with gas, 42, went on a shooting two others at Accent Sig- attempted murder but
officers. Police detained — June 17, 2015: Dylan rampage at his Hialeah, nage Systems in Minneapo- psychiatric evaluations
a third person, but it was Florida, apartment build- lis before killing himself. concluded he suffers from
unclear if that person was Roof, 21, shot and killed ing, killing six people before — August 5, 2012: In Oak long-term paranoid schizo-
connected to the mass being shot to death by po- Creek, Wisconsin, 40-year- phrenia and is unfit to stand
nine African-American trial.q
church members during
a Bible study group inside
the Emanuel African Meth-
odist Episcopal Church in
Charleston, South Carolina.
Police contend the attack
was racially motivated.
Roof faces nine counts of
murder in state court and
dozens of federal charges,
including hate crimes.
