Posted on 12/05/2015 3:59:08 PM PST by kristinn
I agents on Saturday raided a Riverside home belonging to a friend of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook as they try to determine whether the man purchased two of the semiautomatic rifles used in the massacre, according to a law enforcement source.
The source, who asked to remain anonymous because the case is ongoing, said officials have been trying to talk to man to see what he knows about the attack. It's far from clear whether the man had anything to do with the violence or even knew what Farook did with the guns, the source added. A second source said the guns were purchased three years ago.
The search warrant was served at the home on Tomlinson Avenue, according FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. She did not have a specific address.
"The warrant has been sealed by the court and I am prohibited from commenting further," she said.
Victor Venegas, who lives in the neighborhood, said law enforcement showed up at a home in the 3800 block of Tomlinson Avenue early Saturday and stayed for a few hours.
He and other neighbors have said Enrique Marquez, Jr., a young man who lived at the home, and Farook appeared to be good friends. The source said Marquez is the person the FBI is seeking to interview.
Farook, his parents and siblings lived on Tomlinson for several years before moving out a few months ago. Marquez lived next door.
While Farook generally kept to himself, the one exception was his friendship with Marquez, who like him, loved to tinker with cars, neighbors said.
On Thursday, Gustavo Ramirez, who said he was Marquez' stepdad told a Times reporter that he and his wife hadn't heard from Marquez since Wednesday afternoon and were concerned. Ramirez said it was unlike Marquez not to...
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Well, if the buyer bought them intending to sell them to the shooters, that’s illegal as hell. No wonder he’s on the run. Only Eric Holder can do that.
To avoid detection. That would be my guess.
Or maybe they couldn’t buy them legally. Either way it implies deception and a very good likelihood that they were breaking the law.
Per FOX:
FBI prevented from examining phone records of shooters.
Holder. Excellent point!
Hmmm, maybe Farooq and his “Typical Housewife” Jihadist wife already offed this guy
After a 4 1/2 minute search, the FBI left and two dozen reporters moved in and started playing the reality show `Big Brother’.
“So we outlaw straw?”
Don’t give em any ideas.
You might buy guns from someone who already owned them and no longer wanted them. Did this guy buy them for Farook, or just sell his friend a couple of his guns?
By whom?
Same people that refused to allow that apartment to be dusted for fingerprints.
This is a coverup.
It could be there is a high level informant they are trying to protect.
Or it could be.......
So, is this guy a moslem or not?
That was not clear from what I’ve read.
The fact there are already laws against murdering people doesn't get through to them.
Wait a second. Marquez family hasn’t heard from him since Wednesday afternoon? Huh?
I read the entire article looking for something saying he’d been found or they talked with him since. It says only that it’s not like him not to come home and that authorities want to talk to him.
Conclusion- this guy is missing.
“FBI prevented from examining phone records of shooters.”
Warrants?
NSA and an international terror investigation?
9/11 and the wall between CIA and FBO torn down?
This stinks to high heaven.
WHAT!? Prevented by whom? Not sure I understand.
“You might buy guns from someone who already owned them and no longer wanted them. Did this guy buy them for Farook, or just sell his friend a couple of his guns?”
In California that’s 100% illegal. All transactions, private or not MUST go through a dealer, background check and waiting period. No exceptions out in prune picker land.
Somebody else has commented about this too .. and they suspected that it was because somebody the FBI knew .. may have been in the house .. and of course they did not want to have those fingerprints included.
However, that means that the “landlord” who let the people into the condo .. may have been that person. Certainly he would have a motive if he were that person. And, did he tell the FBI that before they went in .. just to keep them from taking fingerprints ..??
But, it was later broadcast that the FBI got what they wanted from the house; so they didn’t care that people were walking through it and trashing it. Some of the San Diego news people showed us that ammunition was left behind, and a lot of other harmful stuff. Why, I can only imagine. Of course, at the time of the raid, the FBI were not saying it was terrorism .. so maybe the evidence rules would have been different .. but for my money .. I can’t see a reason why the collection of evidence would be different if the crime were different.
So, an illegal alien in the U.S. sold guns to an icehole terrorist?
Informant for which side?
How old is that law? I was aware of that but I think it may be fairly recent.
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