{"id":66198,"date":"2015-12-03T22:45:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T04:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=66198"},"modified":"2015-12-03T22:45:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T04:45:07","slug":"san-bernardino-shooting-an-unutterable-carnage-madden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/03\/san-bernardino-shooting-an-unutterable-carnage-madden\/","title":{"rendered":"San Bernardino shooting an \u2018unutterable\u2019 carnage – Madden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Bernardino California mass shooting occurred on Wednesday (Screenshot from YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA – One of the first officers saw \u201cpure panic\u201d on the faces of the injured employees as he entered the scene on Wednesday\u2019s mass shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked with the carnage we were seeing\u2026it isn\u2019t something you\u2019re prepared for,\u201d said Lt. Mike Madden, a 24-year veteran of the force.<\/span><\/p>\n

He described the scene as \u201csurreal\u201d and the reports of multiple dead and injured were evident and \u201c100 percent true.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Madden said the officers who entered the building were having difficulty to pass through the injured individuals and continued moving through the building.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to locate the shooters and deal with them and give further assistance to those who need medical attention,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Authorities described the mass shooting incident on Wednesday during a staff holiday party as planned \u201cmission\u201d as the husband and wife who carried out on the incident are wearing black tactical gear and carrying hundreds of rounds of ammunition and \u201csprayed the room with bullets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Police identified the man as Syed Rizwasn Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27. They fired 65 to 75 rounds of additional ammunition in the SUV they arrived in, and another 3,000 rounds, 12 pipe bombs, and bomb-making materials at their house in nearby Redlands, California.<\/span><\/p>\n

The couple died at the Regional Island Centre, four hours after the attack. Followed by a furious shootout with police that saw officers unleash about 380 rounds of ammunition into the couple\u2019s black, rented SUV.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mass shooting occurred during a holiday work party for employees of the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, who rented out the venue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farook attended the party,\u00a0 <\/span>used to work as an environmental health specialist for the department, but slipped out for a while to return to his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n

The couple left an explosive device – three rigged-together pipe bombs with a remote-control detonating device which apparently malfunctioned. Other bombs and ammunition were found at the house rented by the couple in Redlands where they also planned out the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBased on what we\u2019ve seen and how they were equipped, we think that they are at some degree of planning that went into this,\u201d San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrodd Burguan said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty obvious that there was a mission here. We know that. But we don\u2019t know their motive in the incident. We\u2019re unsure if this was the intended target or there\u2019s something that triggered them to do this,\u201d said David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farook used to work in the county health department for five years, inspecting restaurants, bakeries, and public swimming pools. He monitors the chlorine levels, screen hand washing facilities, and assures the cleanliness of food facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. President Barack Obama said the Wednesday\u2019s shooting incident was related to terrorism but the authorities still don\u2019t know the exact motive.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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