thanks for being patient. we thanks for being patient, we initially planned on doing this about 9:00. we had some information that really started to come in about 9:00. we re here because of a mas shooting we had just up the street here. latest count is we have 14 people that are confirmed dead. we have 17 people that are wounded. i don t know the status of the wounded in terms of numbers that are serious or critical. afterwards, with ehad an investigation. one of the tips that we were following up on. took us to a house in redlands where we made contact with a suspect vehicle.
at a holiday party, killing 14 people, wounding 17 others. right now, the motive remains unclear. but police say there was an argument or disagreement at that party. the san bernadino police chief briefed reporters just a short time ago. this was a meeting, christmas party, that was taking part with employs. mr. farook, is a county employee. he did leave the party early, under circumstances that were described as angry or something of that nature. that was the information we followed up on when we followed him to the residence in redlands that let to the pursuit and the officer-involved shooting. he is one of the deceased.
the suspects through inert pipe bomb at the authorities. clearly there was premeditation here. and back where you are, in redlands, they sent in a robot because they were fearful that the suspects might have booby-trapped the residence. we re learning more about exactly where the weapons that were used in this attack may have come from. we understand one of the weapons bought legally. they re working hard on trying to trace that down now. don t forget for a second, just in case, they are keeping a lot of things close to the vest. they don t want to reveal anything that could be important. they don t think there is in terms of a trial. paul vercammen outside of the scene where this initial shooting took place.
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it we had heard bits and pieces from the relatives who have been taks texting from people inside the building. this is a christmas party of country employees, an auditorium next to irc. the irc, there was a holiday party there. he came back. we don t know if he had the guns on him at the party, but what we do know is that the gunfire started at that point. it s lateal up clear exactly how many shooters were inside, if it was just 4i78 or malik at the time of the shooting. but what police say is that they were able to trace them to the house at redlands and then there was that pursuit. and then they died in a gun