Today’s Mass Shooting: San Bernadino, California

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Breaking news 2:46 pm EST:  12 reported dead, many injured.

Some reports include a second and even third shooter.

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2:55 pm: The building where the shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., was reported provides services for developmentally disabled people, according to its website

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LA Times is reporting active shooters (plural) may be heavily armed and wearing body armor.

3:05 pm EST:  Networks now covering this. FBI and ATF on their way From Inland Regional Center website: – 600 staff members – provide services to 30,000 – Serves San Bernardino and Riverside counties

This is the 352nd mass shooting in the United States this year (“Mass shooting” defined as a shooting where 4 or more are killed or injured).

3:40 pm:  It’s hard to see a political motive here, at least a right wing one.  It’s possible they thought it was an abortion clinic (Planned Parenthood is nearby).  I guess time will tell.

San Benadino PD confirm to MSNBC that “shooting suspect had tactical gear”.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that police are searching for an SUV that fled the scene of the San Bernardino, Calif., shooting, according to sources. The organization also reports that police detonated a suspicious device found on the premises. This information has not been confirmed by authorities. It is still unclear exactly how many shooters were involved

4:30 pm: Witness tells ABC affiliate reporter that an event honoring County personnel was going on in the conference center at IRC. Shooters entered there.

Apparently, no shooters caught, but fatalities have been confirmed.

6:15pm 14 dead, 17 injured.

One suspect down and apparently dead. A second suspect and possibly a third in a black SUV next to the dead suspect and surrounded by police who are negotiating a non-violent surrender.

Motives and background of suspects unknown, but this thing is close to over.