have been booby-trapped or explosive devices. no concrete or tangible proof there were explosive devices here s, but just out of an abundance of caution, because of what happened in past mass shooting events but also because they found those explosives on the initial scene at the inland regional center. here in the townhome at redlands, we know as of this hour police have yet to enter into that townhome because they re simply taking their time. they evacuated a number of residents around the townhome. they told other residents here to shelter in place until given the all clear while they take their time searching this premises. there is another crime scene investigation which is farook s office. he was a county employee, they are look at his office, going through his computers, his writings, looking at the vehicle, that suv riddled with bullets, trying to find anything that may give them an indication of what the motive may have been
massive investigation around under way right snow. the shooting that took place. where the 14 people were shot dead. here, where i am in redlands at the moment. the townhome that s been linked to syed farook at the moment. we re not sure if he owned it, rented it, if he lived here. there has been a lot of activity here for many, many hours. police and the authorities are concerned about entering into that townhome. they ruusing robots. and they are searching farook s office. he was a county employee there. and they are looking for any clues, any indication as to a motive. also, any indication who may have been involved, possibly, in the earlier stages of all this. possibly the planning, as well. we did hear from the police chief in san bernadino, who did say that clearly, this was not a
california office building massacre. the attackers were killed hours later in a shootout with police. they now have been identified. welcome back to early start. i m michelle kosinski. i m john berman. want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. the breaking news this morning, the latest in the shooting in san bernardino, california, that left 14 people dead, 17 injured. authorities say two suspects died in a gun battle with police, hours after they burst into a holiday party for employees at the county health department. the city police chief identified the dead suspects as 28-year-old syed farook and a woman he was either married to or in a relationship with, 27-year-old tashfeen malik. the question is, why. why did they do this? federal officials say they have not ruled out terrorism. mr. farook is a county employee. he works with the title as an environmental specialist in the
has that been that is still an active investigation down there. and we are not far enough into that investigation where i m comfortable putting anything out about it yet. we have indications i don t know where exactly they live. we have multiple addresses for them. one of the addresses was the redlands. i don t know if they were living there or if for some reason, something they have listed or another family member s. i don t know that yet. chief, are you aware of the suspect invited to this party? supposedly at this party originally? or if he showed up spontaneously? so, it is my understanding that he is a county employee that was part of the party or the event that was taking place. and he had attended the same event last year. and this was a party and not a training session? i ve been told it is both anywhere from a meeting to kind of a christmas meeting gathering lunch and this county office was having. is there any evidence that
as an investigator on the scene, what would you do doing in terms of anticipation of needing to make a case in court? of course, evidence, one of the things that concerns me, there s concern out of san francisco, the news agency that says the suv used by the suspects was rented from a karenal place on monday. by a man with a middle eastern name and an employment verification returned information that he was a county employee. earlier in your broadcast, the name being mentioned it looks to me like a very good probability obviously reports earlier that somebody was at one of the suspects at the party was asked