Proceeds. At this point, im going to turn it back over to the chief. So very quickly, after the initial response, we have several hundred people that were in the building that are not injured. Those people have been taken to a safe location and they are part of the investigation. In addition to that, we know that this is a human incident and this is a tragedy. We know we have a lot of folks out there that are very concerned and worried about loved ones that may have been at that facility today. We set up a at the corner of sara a way for family members to go for information. Well push information out to that for those family members as we can. Also, the Sheriffs Department put out the crime tip hotline number if anybody has any information, we very much would like to hear from you. So with that, i will take a couple of questions. Well start with rob. [ inaudible question ]. I dont. Ive heard everything. That it was a meeting to a potential like a lunchtype gathering, maybe for the holidays. That is not confirmed. That is very preliminary. It is my understanding that most of the people that were wounded, most of the victims were all centrally located in one area of the facility. [ inaudible question ]. In terms of the employees, it is my understanding this facility has state and county employees and folks that work for a number of organizations. The Inland Regional Center serves a number of organizations that treat Mental Illness type issues and that sort of stuff. I dont have i know that state and local county employees work there. I do not know if they are victims or who they are at this point. Chief, could you tell us what type of weapons . I do not have any information that any children were involved. On the weapons used and the number of people involved here, given what you have in the way of evidence and witness accounts and everything else, would you characterize this as an organized event. What were the men using and shooting at people with. Preliminary information indicates these are people that came prepared. At they were dressed in and equipped in a way to indicate they were prepared and they were armed with long guns, not handguns. I do not know what kind of long guns. Semiautomatic rifles. We dont have any weapons recovered at this point. Could you move just a bit. There is a shadow. Could we ask for clarification. You said upwards of 14 dead. What does upwards mean . The preliminary number we have right now is that there are 14 people that are deceased and our count is another 14 people that have been taken to various hospitals for significant injuries, potentially related to gunshots. We also have a number of other people that may have had some minor types of injuries. They fell down in the course of fleeing or something of that nature. But roughly about 14 we believe are wounded. Were there security cameras inside of the building that might give video evidence. I imagine there are. We are not that far into the investigation yet. [ inaudible question ]. The whole thing, i think [ inaudible question ]. I think that that could be a responsibility, yes. I dont think were comfortable saying no at this point. Have the bomb officials recovered anything that looks like an ied in the building. As they were searching for suspects and building, there were things in the building not immediately identifiable that caused them concern. As a result of that, we do have bomb tech onsite checking that out. I do not know if they were brought in by the suspects. We do not know if they are bombs of any sort. Just things as teams were moving through said that needs to be looked at more closely. [ inaudible question ]. I dont have any information on that. Do you have any video from inside of the building . You have found any vehicles that you believe are related to this event nearby . Not that i know of at this point. Have the witnesses said the gunman say anything. We dont have anything specific. We are in the early stages of talking to them. Do you have any other active scenes at this point. This is the only active scene were working. What about security tape that may have been shot inside. That is part of the investigation. I dont have that at this point. Could you talk about the suspects vehicle, the darker suv. That is all we have. Very generic, upwards of three suspects. Darker suv that fled. Suspects wearing camo plouj. I never heard camouflage. Upwards of three. Does that mean there could be more . I have repeatedly been told the number is three. But keep in mind this is information that is flowing in as people are talking to witnesses, very quickly. As we put everything together, some of this may change. We know these are fluid situations and some of the information we put out now may change a little bit in the future. [ inaudible question ]. As far as people in the area, were doing everything we can to keep this area safe. We are addressing other facilities in the area that we think may be similar or may be similar, but we dont have any information or Credible Threats to any other facilities at this point. But obviously were on a heightened sense after letter. We would ask the public they be on a heightened sense of alert and watching out for those things and if they come across information, contact us and let us investigate it. [ inaudible question ]. Ive put out what i have. Were they wearing masks, chief . One report i heard was masks were involved but i dont know that to be definitive. Do you have any active leads you are pursuing right now. Yes. Not going to talk about it. Chief, it doesnt they dont say anything during the attack, during the shootings. Not that i know of. Any threats made that is something we wont talk specifically about right now. Im a nonstate veteran and i want to say thank you to the chiefs, all of the fire chiefs and everything, for you guys to respond. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. [ inaudible question ]. A few minutes. [ inaudible question ]. Our people in the field go into the field with what they have. We have officers with highcaliber weapons and carry assault rifles with them. Most of the officers carry handguns. The officers that arrived on scene and the inland regional ishl work to go into the building and clear it went in with what they had. So [ inaudible question ]. We do not know where the suspects are. Do you know how long how is the february getting involved in this . We know historically that some of the investigations can turn into a potential federal prosecution type thing. At this point we dont know that to be the case but it is better to have them on scene from the very beginning so they know what we know and are an active part of the investigation. Being from the federal government they bring to the table tremendous resources to help us in doing our job. We have no information at this point to indicate that this is terroristrelated in the traditional sense that people may be thinking. Obviously at minimum, we have a domestic terroristtype situation that occurred here. Any description at all . We dont. [ inaudible question ]. The only thing that im comfortable saying at this point is that the information we have is that they came prepared to do what they did as if they were on a mission. [ inaudible question ]. Several minutes. Were they still there when the Police Arrived . We dont know. Our Police Officers have not engaged orism changed gunfire with anybody but we dont know if they were on scene when we arrived. Chief, i dont know if you covered this or not, were the vast majority of the dead or wounded in one centralized location in the facility . Yes. In the same general area of the facility. So we are making an assumption and im sorry if it is an assumption that they targeted that particular room and those particular people. I think we are too early in the investigation to make that assumption. We dont know what the motive is at this point. Were people tied up and held in a room and told was this a shootout . We dont have any information they took any hostages. What type of weapons they used . Could you describe the weapons they used . Long guns, is what ive been told. I think there is people that speculate what type of long guns those are. But i dont want to put out a specific type of gun. I will just say it is a long gun, not a handgun. Rifle or shotgun. They came in with a purpose. It was they came in with the intent to do something. Was there any threat made to the facility prior to the incident. I dont have specifics on that. With that, were going to cut this off. Well be back every hour on the hour to provide an update, even if we dont have any specifically. Well come back to you every hour on the hour for the next several hours to provide you an update. At the top of the hour. At the top of the hour. Thank you. They are there with really the cursory amount of information they have at this point on the event that took place beginning at 11 00 a. M. Pacific time when the up to three shooters entered the Inland Regional Center there in San Bernardino. And opened fire. We now have more definitive numbers. Up to 14 fatalities as a result of the shooting and upwards of 14 injured who have been taken to local hospitals in the area. And they believe that the three suspects with the long guns, as he put it, have fled the area in what is believed to be a darkcolored suv. Jane wells is onsite there with that. Jane. Reporter hey, bill. To summarize, up to 14 dead, up to 14 injured with the injuries that require them to go to the hospital. There may be more wounded. They are still clearing the facility. They believe the three suspects have fled, possibly in a black suv. They do have active leads. But they will not indicate what they are. And they have added security to other government facilities. They are beefing up security at hospitals and schools. But the courts and local government facilities are in lockdown. There are state county employees that meet inside of this facility. All of the victims were in one area. We were told by the Vice President of the board of directors for the facility that there were county employees having an event in there. The police are saying perhaps it was anything from training to some sort of holiday lunch. But he said these three suspects, maybe they were wearing masks, we have no idea about their ethnicity or age or anything like that. But the tree suspects came in dressed and armed like they were prepared and quote, on a mission. They had long guns. It is still ongoing and the other important thing that he said is we do not know if this is a terrorist incident. It may be, or it may not be. It is just too early. They suspect that of course that there are security cameras and security video but they have not had a chance to access it yet. Jane, just two things here that were fascinating. The first is when they when he said the the police chief, we dont know, quote, if they were on scene when we arrived. They arent sure of that at this point. The second related piece of this quote. We do not know where the suspects are. They did not recover any weapons from the scene. So we are now assuming that the suspects are atlarge, they are armed, are obviously dangerous and what are people supposed to do . Reporter well, what i found comforting in that is he said they do have active leads to pursue the suspects right now. He would not give information about that, obviously. But other than the fact they have shut down county facilities and the court and beefing up security at the hospital and schools and telling the rest of the residents, just be on the lookout. What do you do. This is a large municipality out here in San Bernardino. This is the largest city here east of los angeles. So you cant, in this sense, shut down the whole city. I would say that, while the police chief and the sheriff appeared concerned, there was a calmness about them. And i dont know what that means. That they are on to something with these guys. But again, no vehicle found here. No i. D. , not even an ethnicity on the guys. And no idea when they left the facility, no weapons. They dont know if it is a terrorist event. Maybe or maybe not. Jane, for now, thank you. Our jane wells on the scene there. With us now with more is a professor at cal state San Bernardino in the criminal justice department. Thank you for joining us. And again, this situation is now one that im sure you and the rest of the community is now extremely concerned about. Where are these guys and what are they going to do next . That is something that were really not in a position to say anything about yet. But in echoing some of the comments that you just made, its really important for the community to know that there is a very strong, what we refer to as a suecurity network, that links Law Enforcement with medical and fire, all of the First Responders. And theyve all been activated and called up. So it is not just in in the immediate vicinity but also extensive across the whole region. Can we assume i have to echo what jane said, there was a level of calmness in how this was being delivered. These guys are at large. No weapons have been recovered. No information except they are in a darkcolored suv. We dont know if they are even in the vehicle still. Are we to assume there is more information that they have more concrete leads to give them that sense of calmness that we did pick up on. Most definitely. And that is part of an aboutive investigation. They cannot make that information public when they are following up because that might alert the suspects. So it is very important they follow up on these things and there will be a small delay before they could give that information to the public. What do you make of this incident at this place on this day . You know the area. And the fact that it is three suspects, presumably wearing masks, heavily armed, a clear purpose in mind. Executed flawlessly, in and out before the police even know what is going on here. What do you make of all of that, professor . There is so many different explanations for why violence may occur in a particular location like this. And anything from workplace related violence to a family or another sort of issue. It could be gangrelated, organize crime, terrorism. There is so many different factors. Were really not in a position to say anything. Are those issues in San Bernardino . Various crime issues exist across the nation. You cant say it is located in one place and so it is just something that needs to be considered. It is going to shape their investigation and how they pursue. This but as as the public are in no position to even speculate as to what might be behind this. What we do know is that we need to allow the professionals to do their job and remain calm and avoid the area so they have the space to work. Okay. We have to leave it there, professor. Thank you for joining us. Appreciate it. We dont want to speculate but we have to figure out, as Law Enforcement is trying to do, where these guys are and what, if any, intentions they have from here. Jane wells has more. Jane . Reporter kelly, im with david boudich, assist abts director for the l. A. Office of the fbi. And you were called out here. What based on the facts you know, what is your experience, what does your gut tell but this . We just dont know. Ive been to a few of these active shooter investigations an they change quickly as time goes on. I like to use the term, we go where the evidence takes us and that is what well do here. There have been reports of up to three shooters. We dont know if that is the case yet. But we do know we have some very traumatized individuals and some very severely injured individuals that we need to make sure they are cared for first and make sure that the public is safe so that were doing everything in our realm to assist our local partners to find and apprehend these guys. It does seem strange, the freeways are still open. Obviously theyve locked down city and county courts and government buildings is and and beefing security and talking to schools. But with potentially three wellarmed murderers on the loose in San Bernardino, what can you do . Well, we are doing everything you can. You cannot shut the city, the area down. That could create more chaos. But if we put them in an area, absolutely. The local departments know how to handle that very well and they are exceptional at it. And if they need to shut an area down, they will do whatever they need to do. Our First Priority is finding the guys and then the investigation will take us where we need to go. Reporter they say we dont know whether or not it is terrorism. But the fact that you have three shooters, it could go either way, domestic terrorism, foreign terrorism or something completely different. This is not one shooter. In your experience, how does that change the dynamic if there are three wellarmed, wellorganized, quote on a mission. Im not sure were there yet. Im not sure there are three shooters. Witness accounts vary greatly in any incident like this and they often will change. It is very possible there is three. There is possible there is one. Reporter but if there is, how does that change it changes the game. And it is very unusual. I will give you that. Im not willing to say this is terrorism, we dont know that. David boudich, you have many reporters pulling on your sleeve here. Thank you very much. Kelly, back to you. Thank you, jane. Lets get straight over to eamon javers for more of reaction out of washington. Earlier this afternoon, president obama was getting set to give a prescheduled interview with cbs news. He was informed of the situation and he did give some comment on this to cbs news. Here is what the president had to say earlier today. We dont know that much yet. It is still an active situation. The fbi is on the ground offering assistant to local officials as they need it. It does appear there will be some casualties. And obviously our hearts go out to the victims and the families. The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of Mass Shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world. And there are some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these Mass Shootings, but to improve the odds that they dont happen as frequently. Common sense gun safety laws. Stronger background checks. And for those who are concerned about terrorism, some may be aware of the fact that we have a nofly list where people cant get on planes but the same people who we dont allow to fly could go into a store right now in the United States and buy a firearm and there is nothing we could do to stop them. That is a law that needs to be changed. And so, you know, my