back. and their families. this is a special edition of nightline california shooting rampage. good evening. tonight there are fast-moving developments in the california shooting rampage. new information coming in right now. multiple federal law enforcement officials telling abc news they believe one of the suspects is a man named syed farook, reportedly connected to the san bernardino health department. the same department that was holding an event at the building where the shooting took place. at least 14 people dead, 17 walked in and opened fire. two suspects are dead, killed in a gun battle with police after a high-speed car chase. another person of interest is being detained for questioning. abc s matt gutman is on the scene, has been following the story all day. matt, what do we know at this hour? reporter: we re learning so much more about syed farook, the alleged suspect involved in the shooting, he was the man killed in that fierce gun battle with police tha
back. this is a special edition of nightline california shootingampage. good evening. tonight there are fast-moving developments in the california shooting rampage. new information coming in right now. multiple federal law enforcement officials telling abc news they believe one of the suspects is a man named syed farook, reportedly connected to the san bernardino health department. the same department that was holding an event at the building where the shooting took place. injured, after the masked gunman walked in and opened fire. two suspects are dead, killed in a gun battle with police after a high-speed car chase. ananher person of intetest is being detained for questioning. abc s matt gutman is on the scene, has been following the story all day. matt, what do we know at this hour? reporter: we re learning so muchore about ed farook, the alleged suspect involved in the shooting, he was the man killed in that fierce gun battle with police thatappened about a mile
rampage, will be right back. this is a special edition of nightline : california shooting rampage. good evening. tonight there are fast-moving developments in the california shooting rampage. new information coming in. authorities naming the two deceased suspects. sayid farook, an american citizen, 28 years old, and his wife or girlfriend, tashin malik, age 27. heavy gunfire and scenes of bloody chaos leaving at least 14 dead tial 17 inju dead, 17 injured, after the gunmen walked in and opened fire. matt gunman has been following the story all day. what s the latest at this hour? reporter: that s right, byron, we re learning so much more about this couple, farook and malik. they were in fact a couple. and that when police finally cornered them, crunching their car between those two armored cars in that spectacular shoot-out, they were body armed with assault rifles and also had handguns with them. farook was an employee of san bernardino county health department. he was
there, with a four-lane divided surface street. were they, where were they? were law enforcement in any danger? the original fear had been, authorities actually speaking to kabc. let s listen in on this. they re not only in the city, but in the southern california area and perhaps beyond. with three gunmen perhaps heavily armed. still outstanding to this point. well certainly i can t speculate to the identification of those. it s a tragic incident to happen to any community. we are unfortunately to be the targets. this particular emergency. as always, our pd rises to the occasion and puts forth their best efforts. our communities comes together during these tragic situations, they have a resilient spirit very much grateful to be here, to be a part of this and to observe how well our public safety response is. kabc giving that live interview. i want to break away. to break off that, i want to take us back to los angeles. loma linda hospital, a lot of police there, trace
this is a special edition of nightline california shooting rampage. good evening. tonight there are fast-moving developments in the california shooting rampage. new information coming in right now. multiple federal law enforcement officials telling abc news they believe one of the suspects is a man named syed farook, reportedly connected to the san bernardino health department. the same department that was holding an event at the building at least 14 people dead, 17 injured, after the masked gunman walked in and opened fire. two suspects are dead, killed in a gun battle with police after a high-speed car chase. another person of interest is being detained for questioning. abc s matt gutman is on the scene, has been following the story all day. matt, what do we know at this hour? reporter: we re learning so much more about syed farook, the alleged suspect involved in the shooting, he was the man killed in that fierce gun battle with police that happened about a mile