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California mass shooting: 14 killed, 2 suspects including a woman dead

California mass shooting: 14 killed, 2 suspects including a woman dead

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-12-03 03:47 GMT
A man and a woman suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at a centre for the disabled in California on Wednesday were killed in a shootout with police, while a third person was detained, police said.
The attack took place inside a packed auditorium at the Inland Regional Centre, a huge facility that employs several hundred people and assists people with developmental disabilities.
Heavily armed SWAT teams, fire-fighters and ambulances swarmed the scene of the shooting, as police warned residents away.
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said courts and local city and county buildings in the region were on lockdown, and police presence had been boosted at area schools as the manhunt unfolded.
He said that while the motive and identities of the attackers were not yet known, 'at a minimum, we have a domestic terrorist type situation that occurred here.'
Burguan told reporters the gunmen were armed with long guns and 'came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission.'
It was the country's deadliest shooting since December 14, 2012, when a young man killed 26 people, including 20 children at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
A massive manhunt was launched for the suspects after the late morning shooting at the Inland Regional Centre, which is about an hour's drive east of Los Angeles.
Police swarmed the residential neighbourhood with officers, guns drawn, as residents were told to stay in their homes with the doors locked.
A body and what appeared to be a pool of blood could be seen near a bullet-riddled SUV that was surrounded by dozens of police vehicles.
Police were hunting for up to three gunmen following the attack, which also left 17 people injured, and Sergeant Vicki Cervantes told reporters one may still be on the loose.
Hours after the attack at the Inland Regional Centre in San Bernardino, local police engaged in a shootout with what they believed to be the attackers' vehicle, a black SUV.
The deadly incident was the latest in a series of mass shootings in the United States, a spiral of violence that has exasperated President Barack Obama, who once again urged Congress to pass tougher gun control measures.
Up to three gunmen opened fire at a centre for the disabled in California on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and triggering a dramatic street shootout as police hunted down the suspects.
The slain suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns, San Bernardino police chief Jarrod Burguan told reporters, adding that investigators were looking at the possibility that the suspects had left an explosive device at the scene of the
California mass shooting: 14 killed, 2 suspects including a woman dead

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