Proceeds. At this point im going to turn it back over to the chief. So very quickly, after the initial response, we, we have several hundred people that were in the building that are not injured. Those people have been taken to the safe location and they are part of the investigation. In addition to that, we know that this was a human incident, and this is a tragedy and weve got folks concerned and worried about their loved ones and theyve been at that facility today. We set up an area at the Hernando Center for family members to go for information. We will 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 information, wed very much like to hear from you. With that i will take a couple of questions. Ive heard everything that it was a meeting to potential like holidays. Thats not confirmed, that is very preliminary. Its my understanding that most of the people that were wounded, most of the victims were all centrally located in one area of the facility. Any weapons, anything like that recovered . Its my understanding that the facility has state and county employees, as well as folks that work for a number of the Inland Regional Center serves a number of organizations that treat Mental Illness type issues and that sort of stuff. I dont have any idea, i know that state and local county employees work there. I do not know if any of them are the victims or who they are at this point. [ inaudible ] i do not have any information that any children were involved. [ inaudible ] preliminary information shows that these people came prepared. They were armed with long guns, not handguns. I do not know what type of long guns. We do not have any weapons recovered at this point. What were they wearing . Sorry. Chief ask for clarification. You said upwards of 14 dead . The preliminary number we have right now is there are 14 people that are deceased and our count is another 14 teampeople that have been take ton various hospitals for significant injuries, potentially related to gunshots, we have a number of other people that may have had some minor types of injuries, fleeing. But roughly about 14 people that were not that far in the investigation yet. [ inaudible ] nuts and bolts . I think the whole thing is there the possibility that there are more people wounded inside . I think that that could be a possibility, yeah. I dont think were comfortable saying no at this point. [ inaudible ] the teams were going through and searching for the suspects and searching for victims, there were some things in the building that were not immediately identifiable. That caused some concern. As a result of that we have some bomb techs that are on site. That are checking some of that out. I do not know if they were brought in by the suspects. We do not know if they are bombs, but just things as our team was moving through, saying they need to be looked at more closely. Have they taken anything that. Have you found any vehicles you believe are related . Not that i know of at this point. Have witnesses said the gunmen said anything . We dont have anything specific from those witnesses. Were in the early stages of talking to them. This is the only active scene that were working. What about security tapes that may have been shot . That is part of the investigation, i dont have that at this point. Can you talk about the suspects this vehicle, the dark suv . Its all we have. Very generic, upwards of three suspects, darker suv. Suspects wearing camouflage . I never heard camouflage. What were they wearing . Upwards of three . There could be more than three . I repeatedly been told the number is three. But keep in mind that 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 change a bit in the future. Any description about the suspects . As far as people in the area, were doing everything we can to keep this area safe. Were addressing other facilities in the area that we think may be similar or may be similar. But we dont have any information or any Credible Threats to any other facilities at this point. But obviously were all on a heightened sense of alert. We would ask the public that they be on a heightened sense of alert if theyre watching out for those things and if they come across information. Contact us and let us investigate it. I put out what i have. The gunmen wearing mask . One report i heard is that masks were involved. I dont know that to be definitive at this point. [ inaudible ] yes. Not going to talk about it. Did the gunmen say anything at all during the attack, during the shooting . Not that im aware of. Any sort of threats made prior to this incident . Thats part of the investigation, were not going right now. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] it appears the signal has dropped out. History tells me it will come right back. The highlights today. Or lowlights for that matter. 14 people shot and killed. 14 more people severely injured. Believed to be gunshotrelated. Upwards of three people, whatever that means, the number he said he had been hearing most often was three. Three people apparently escaped. In a dark suv. Our signal is back. Listen. Highcaliber weapons, they carry assault rifles with them. Most of the officers carry handguns. Went in with what they had. We do not know where the suspects are. How is the fbi getting involved in this . And if theres a representative, maybe they want to talk in detail. We know historically that some of these investigations can turn into potential federal prosecutions. So at this point we dont know that to be the case. Its better to have them on scene from the very beginning so they know what we know and they are an active part of the investigation. Ed that in addition to that, being from the federal government they bring to the table tremendous resources to help us do 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 a minimum we have a domestic terrorist type situation that occurred here. The only thing im is that the information we have is that they came prepared to do what they did. As if they were on a mission. How long were they inside shooting . I dont know specifically. Several minutes. Were the gunmen still there when the Police Arrived . When the initial responding officers arrived . Our Police Officers have not engaged or exchanged gunfire with anybody. So we dont know if they were on scene when we arrived. Were the vast majority of the people hurt or dead in one portion of the facility . Yes, did the gunmen target a particular area of the building. We early in the investigation for that. Were people tied up, held in a room . Or was this just a shootout . We dont have any information that they took any hostages. Whether what type of weapons [ inaudible ] long guns is what ive been think theres people that speculate what type of long guns those are. But im only, i dont want to put out a specific type of gun. Im going to say it was a long gun, not a handgun. They came in with a purpose. They came in with the intent to do something. Was there any threat made prior to the incident. I dont have specifics on that. With that were going to cut this off. We will be back every hour on the hour to provide an update. Even if we dont there you go. The news as we have it, it is grim. 14 people dead, 14 more people injured and in hospitals and now the word that they believe three suspects have escaped. And it makes sense that the who told us initially that mark playing a split shooting in california and our mark mass shooting in california and our coverage continues right now. Gunmen wag wearing maskings storm into a social service facility. Some texting loved ones, pray for us. Tonight, nears an ongoing manhunt to find one to three shooters and theres a massive triage operation to save the lives of the victims. This is a terrifying ordeal happening in sanitizer burned, in San Bernardino, california. Im mark ockerbloom. Vanessa im vanessa welch. Its unclear who was responsible or if this was a terror attack. This is all happening as mark said in San Bernardino, california, at a facility called the Inland Regional Center. Fox 25s Heather Hegedus is following the latest developments for us from our control room. The reporter in that News Conference, police just said, as you said, as many as 14 are dead, 14 of them hurt, some seriously, they did say at this terrorism attack, they dont have any information leading them to believe this, but this all started around 11 00 a. M. West coast time. The Inland Regional Center, where this all happened is a Nonprofit Center that works with people who have Developmental Disabilities. The shooting happened in a Conference Room that they rent out, and the center says it was being rented out to the local Health Department when that shooter or shooters entered. Reports they were wearing some sort of body armor or military gear, and as we just got confirmed this that News Conference, they were carrying long rifles. A fire alarm was pulled out. Workers evacuated, but then they were told to go back inside and shelter and lock offices. Take a look at this dramatic video, showing survivors leaving the scene with their hands in the air. Several hundreds of people were in that building, that we know of, who were not hurt as well. Now, we also know the Loma Linda UniversityMedical Center has already received four patients, they are expecting three more. No word on their conditions. Let take a look at ground video from San Bernardino, where you can see police on the scene investigating. Right now, they are searching for at least one male suspect, possibly more, who may have left the scene in a black s. U. V. , wearing some sort of military armor. Moments ago, police spoke with the hunt for the suspects. Take a listen. The reporter the suspects have fled, potentially in a dark colored s. U. V. We do not have any identification on who those suspects are, we do not know what the motive is for the shooting at this point. At this point, no weapons or explosive devices have been found at the scene, but we learned in that News Conference that there were some objects that were found in the building that couldnt immediately be accounted for, so they are checking the objects out. At the same time, president barack obama has been monitoring the situation, hes been brought uptodate on the details, and he says there are steps the country can take to prevent these sort of Mass Shootings. Well continue to monitor everything from washington to california for you and ill have minutes. Live in the control room, Heather Hegedus, fox 25 news. According to the inland the center employs 670 people, that provides services to people with Developmental Disabilities of allages and their families. Now, those services range from counseling to Early Intervention services. Vanessa we are getting a lot of information and witness accounts coming in from the scene, as well as on social media. Mark fox 25s Kerry Kavanaugh continues our coverage with that part of the story. The reporter the San BernardinoFire Department tweeted around 2 30 p. M. This afternoon they were responding to the mass shooting incident and we have been monitoring the reaction pouring into our newsroom ever since. Were hearing from a father who received a text from his daughter inside the Inland Regional Center at the time of the shooting. Another man who heard from his wife who described the horror she was seeing. Someone had come in, started shooting, and they ran into an office and shes hiding with some other people. Shes been hiding. The reporter i imagine you should be really concerned right now . Is this your daughter . Yeah. The reporter hiding in there. Yeah. The reporter what did she she sent you some texts. She did. The reporter what did she say . That shooting at my work, people shot, in the office, waiting for cops. Pray for us. She said the guy came in next to her office, and i guess started shooting. They locked themself in in her office. They seen bodies on the floor, and she said right now, ambulances are taking people out and in stretchers. Vanessa horrifying moments there. It another father told reporters his son texted him that alarms started going off inside the facility. As they got word of this shooting. Again, this facility serves a vulnerable population in california. Clients with several Developmental Disabilities, such people around the area reacting to this on social media. A trustee who was inside at the time said that he was outside awaiting police to evacuate them, to a safer area. Someone at an Amazon Warehouse nearby says that they were on lockdown, stuck in the warehouse, as this all unfolded and then someone else nearby also on lockdown. Please, please, pray for us, he tweeted, as this unfolded. Well continue to monitor any new sound coming into the newsroom, anything new on social media, and bring it to you as soon as we get it. Im Kerry Kavanaugh, fox 25 news. Mark joining us now, dan linski with the linski group, former deputy superintendent and chief of the Boston Police department and dan, you can talk about this type of training that goes in to responding to a situation just like this, you do it all the time. The reporter mark, as a matter of fact, i did some training for these organizations in california, to prepare them for just this event and other events, as this one isolated incident or is this something thats going on and is going to be multiple attacks in the county or in the region. So theyre well prepared, well equipped, you saw the chief at professionally, establishing a unified command, getting information out and letting people know hes in charge of the scene. Tragic scene, but they will do their investigation and they will find out who is responsible for this. B[ this is still industry fluid, active scene were told. Clear the scene, inch by inch, building by building. This is a massive complex. The reporter absolutely. Theyll go in inch by inch, closet by closet, theyll search it three, four, five times until they are sure think havent missed a victim and are sure they havent missed a United States senate. At the same time, its 2 00 p. M. West coast time. Schools are getting out. The sheriff and the chief of San Bernardino county have to have a Critical InfrastructureProtection Program in place. Theyve got to be and they told us they were sending officers to high profile places, worship, hospitals, where theyre going to lock it down with extra security to make sure they protect those areas and institutions from another possible attack. Mark theres a lot of misinformation, i know youll tell me that comes out in the this, because its a chaotic moment. Theres reports of a fire alarm pulled. Mortar gets for shooters if they were the perpetrators who pulled the alarm, but we simply dont know that. We have to find out who pulled the alarm. If the shooters pulled the alarm, thats obviously concerning and then we have to get information out to other areas that if a fire alarm goes off, they have to make sure that its an actual fire alarm and maybe not go to the usually rallying points or was is somebody inside the facility who was trying to get people away from the attack, they pulled the firearm as we saw in the navy yard in washington, d. C. , which would which actually saved hundreds of lives and got them out of harms way from the shooter. There is going to be mixed various false reports coming in. I know weve got a report of three shooters right now. The San Bernardino police have witnesses to see exactly what they saw. Are there ten witnesses describing the same shooter in different ways. Someone is describing the pants, someone describing the shirt, someone describing their hair and we think we have three shooters or actual witnesses who saw three separate individuals thats what we need to narrow down and thats what theyll be doing in the investigation going forward. Mark its also possible that they could have been members of Law Enforcement, the three individuals, one particular witness saw and they could have been moving to another location. It could have been that that Law Enforcement got a call that the shooter was on the other side of the build, three guys in a s. W. A. T. Truck get in, thats all going to have to be vetted and thats what you need to do with the cases. You need to get the information and then double check it and then verify it and dig deeper into it to make sure its true. We had many many incidents of false information come into us in the marathon bombing and you need to actually work that in to your program when you respond to this, that youre not believing the first reports. Mark a lot of people want to know motive. Shooting took place in a Conference Center rented out about the i department of health, domestic, someone had an issue with the way someone was being treated at the facility or not being treated in their mind. If the reports are true its three shooters, maybe its a family that had an individual that didnt get the care they thought they deserved from this theyve banded together to seek revenge. Thats one possibil