the city when pursued. there are a lot of questions here. we re fortunate to have cnn s national correspondent for security jim sciutto on the case. jim, lots of questions. what are you tracking? chris, we re getting a very early picture. a detailed picture of the suspect so far. the main suspect, sayid rizwan farook. he had actually worked at the regional center where the shooting took place. in fact he was at the party earlier in the day. he left and came back armed and ready to carry out this rampage there. he was there. and tashfeen malik, we re told by islamic relations quoting his family that she was his wife. another person detained, no connection yet confirmed to the shooting there. it s a profile that farook actually had posted on a dating website. is this what he said at least
about terrorism, you know, some may be aware of the fact that we have a no-fly list where people can t get on planes. but those same people that we don t allow to fly could go into a store right now in the united states and buy a firearm. and there s nothing that we can do to stop them. that s a law that needs to be changed. let s put wednesday s shooting in some kind of context for you. san bernadino marks the 355th mass shooting in the u.s. this year. that s more mass shootings than days so far in 2015. mass shootings have occurred every month this year, with 44 happening in june alone. a mass shooting is defined as a shooting with at least four people injured or killed, including the shooter. these numbers are according to the mass shooting tracker database. it s the deadliest in 2015. let s look at some of the other high-profile shoots this year. this past friday, a suspect
about himself that he was religious, moderate. family of four, identifies as a muslim but with eastern and western family values. and this is interesting, as you ll often see on these profiles. personal details, he said he enjoys target practice in his backyard. we don t know the significance of that. but small details like that could have significance going forward. let s talk about the weapons found at the scene. they were armed to carry out violence. two .23 caliber quality rifles. an ar-15 rifle, a lot of cops have it. a lot of soldiers have this weapon. semi-automatic. they also have two semi-automatic pistols. both of those smith & wesson. the long rifles purchased legally by another party who at least at this point police do not believe were involved in this shooting. let s talk about explosives. final detail here.
county mental health agency. who would target them. and then they found out how this man left. there s so many permutations there. jim sciutto. thank you very much. let s bring in retired chief jim beerman. he s the retired and chief, i m sorry to have to be talking to you under these circumstances, but the nature of the police work here so pivotal to bringing this to a conclusion. you heard what i was talking about with jim there. this started off very confusing. a call to the developmental center, somebody targeting kids with autism. and then you find out it s the county health department. what are the steps to the police getting their hands around this? the first thing they re going to find an active shooting. they don t know what s going to be happen. they re going to try to figure it out. they ve bought people who are
the regional center. police say farook was an inspector for the department. he abruptly left the party along with ma lick. i heard rapid shooting, boom, boom, boom. reporter: armed with ar-15-style weapons and handguns, they came dressed in tactical gear. family members receiving text messages. shooting, in my office wait for cops. reporter: this was the frightening scene inside. if you re not cool, if you re not cool reporter: dozens of employees led to safety by police officer. try to relax, try to relax, i ll take a bullet before you do, that s for [ bleep ]. reporter: the shooters killing 14, wounding 17 more. the pair prompting police to