well, because something of this nature affects all the people. i m a retired county employee. i know county employees. i know county employees that work with some of the county employees that were victims yesterday. it affects every family member in that group, friends and neighbors and things like that. and they re worried that something like this could happen at a school, as we ve seen in the past, or in a county christmas get-together for the employees of the county. so not knowing that this would happen, redlands is a very quiet community. thinking that somebody living in a town that you ve lived in most of your life, thinking like this could come out of that, is something people start thinking about. they think well, if i had a gun maybe i could protect myself, protect my family. so everybody starts to rush out and they realize you can t just buy a gun and rush out the door.
with california gun shop owner mike wirz. he s a retired detective from the san bernardino county sheriff s department and owner of wirz wholesale shooting supply in california. you can see the phone was literally ringing off the hook in the wake of yesterday s deadly shooting in neighboring san bernardino. sir, you ve been at this six years. you re saying in the wake of big mass shooting events like this you tend to see interest the next day you see people calling that have never owned a gun in their entire life trying to find out how to purchase a gun, when they can pick it up, when thk get one, where they can get training for firearms. what is that about? just fear in general. it s fear you think? well, because something of this nature affects all the people. i m a retired county employee. i know county employees. i know county employees that work with some of the county employees that were victims
you tend to see interest the next day you see people calling that have never owned a gun in their entire life trying to find out how to purchase a gun, when they can pick it up, when they can get one, where they can get training for firearms. what is that about? just fear in general. it s fear you think? well, because something of this nature affects all the people. i m a retired county employee. i know county employees. i know county employees that work with some of the county employees that were victims yesterday. it affects every family member in that group, friends and neighbors and things like that. and they re worried that something like this could happen at a school, as we ve seen in the past, or in a county christmas get-together for the employees of the county. so not knowing that this would happen, redlands is a very quiet community.
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.
party for holiday employees. the suspects are 26-year-old syed farook, and a woman he was in a relationship with, either his girlfriend or wife, 27 cash phone -year-old tashfeen malik. the question is why. mr. farook is a county employee, environmental specialist in the public health department has. been employed there for five years. he was at the party. he did leave the party early under some circumstances that were described as angry. that s the information we were following up on when we encountered him back near this residence in redlands which led to the pursue and the officer-involved shooting. and it s now confirmed he is one of the deceased. he was at the party. he left the party. he came back and opened fire.