Posted on 12/02/2015 3:50:33 PM PST by conservativejoy
Farooq Saeed has been identified as the possible San Bernardino shooting suspect, who reports indicate walked into a medical facility for people with developmental disabilities and opened fire.
The shooting took place at close to 11 a.m. in the 1300 block of South Waterman Avenue in the California city, taking place at a building identified as the Inland Regional Center. The facility is a state-run medical center that serves people with developmental disabilities, said Nancy Lungren, spokeswoman for the California Department of Developmental Services.
Unconfirmed reports identified the suspect as Farooq Saeed, a name repeated on police scanners and reported from some American news outlets.
Reports indicated that the suspect may have been an employee of the medical facility, and is believed to have fled the scene in an SUV.
Police said in a news conference that as many as 14 people were killed and another 14 wounded.
Police used a robot to search for possible explosive devices, and the police scanner noted of a possible IED.
The gunman appeared calculated, a friend of a surviving victim told CNN.
"The guy came in next to her office and I guess started shooting," the friend said, via People magazine. "They see bodies on the floor. Ambulances are taking people out in stretchers."
Local officials said they were shocked not only by the attack, but by the target.
"We are a non-profit agency that provides services to kids and adults with disabilities. It's beyond words," an employee at the San Diego branch of the Inland Regional Center told People.
While it is not yet clear whether the San Bernardino shooting was an act of terrorism, the massacre did prompt a response from Department of Homeland Security. Flight radar information showed that a Homeland Security Pilatus PC12 has been circling over San Bernardino at close to 7,300 feet. Officials from the FBI and ATF also responded to the scene.
In a news conference Wednesday afternoon, FBI official said they did not know if the attack was an act of terrorism, but officials said the men "came prepared" with long guns and body armor.
I’ve heard Middle Eastern.
Besides, how many white men go on this sort of tear?
I never heard that, but I think the Boston bombers were too. I saw a Fox News report, that the FBI was quick to point out, that they don't know if this is terrorism or not. How convenient. I have a feeling that they are hoping the perps are a bunch of crazy white supremacists.
Do you think they give a rats ass?
They'll claim that the Islamics were angry at Trump, and insist on 1,000,000 Syrian 'Refugees'.
Bulls**t. They guy is just down within the last hour. The cops probably are still identifying him. And since is this is still a hot situation, they are in no hurry to release his name, if they know it, no matter who he is.
If he DOES turn out to be white, you’re going to sound even more ridiculous than you already do.
Stow your paranoia. Its embarrassing.
Are you kidding??? White guys go on these types of tears all the time. The vast majority of these types of shootings are by white guys. They just normally do it individually, and not in groups.
Thats what I mean. Groups don’t do this.
I’m listening to Mark Levin tonight who is not updating too often, Laz. When he goes off, I’ll turn on the tv to update.
I have yet to hear a sourced report about the ethnic group/nationality of any of the perps.
It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out when the smoke clears. It doesn’t feel like a jihadist operation.
Yet.
I will stick with my prediction.
Non-whites involved.
So I will be really embarrassed when I am proven wrong.
And if they turn out to be white-but-Islamic, like the Boston Bombers, or swarthy ME types, YOU are going to sound more ridiculous than you already do.
"Obviously the attackers were targeting Democrats." -- Barack Hussein Obama
It does happen often to be a white guy— I am not sure about the vast majority though— I would say it is in line with the proportion of the population that is white in our country..
I figured it was an employee involved in the shooting, when I heard an interview with a woman employed in the building on security. She said to get in you had to swipe an identity badge.
The two guys who shot up Columbine were the exception to the rule. And they were on a suicide run. These guys clearly are looking to get away.
Why am I going to sound ridiculous? Right now it sounds more than not likely to me its either MIddle Eastern terrorists or Mexican gangs. But none of us know anything until we get facts. And to stipulate that “if it was a white guy, we’d know the name right away, but if its a Muslim, the media will hide the identity” is downright goofy.
Still sounds like Muzzies gone Jihad (SJS).
Yes. It certainly made sense that this was not a random thing and that whoever planned it had inside knowledge.
You underestimate the pernicious duplicity of today's media. They have gone from biased, in the 1970's and 1980's, to suppressers of some truths and promoters of others in the 1990's, to strident activists in the 2000's, to an outright Ministry of Propaganda now.
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