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Repeatedly is is this terrorism . And im still not willing to say that we know that for sure. There are several new developments in the mass shooting in san bernandino. Good evening, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Were going to start with cell phone video of people being evacuated during that shooting. You can see workers in a hallway there, with their hands raised. A Police Officer is helping to guide them to safety. The workers can be heard with whispering nervously amongst themselves, and the officer tries to reassure them. Ill take a bullet before you do, thats for damn sure. We now know the name of one of the gunmen in the massacre. His name was syed farook. A coworker says he was employeed as a foodwork inspector. The l. A. Times says farook was one of two suspects who died in a shoot outwith police. His body found near this bullet riddled black suv. A second suspect, a woman, was also killed in the shootout. A third person seen running away from the scene has been detained. The mass shooting took place at the inland Regional Center. The victims were in a Conference Center that had been rented out by the county health democratic, and was decorated for a Holiday Party. Reporter the police are in the very early stages of this investigation as they try to figure out just why this happened. What was supposed to be a Holiday Gathering turned into a nightmare. The first calls to police came in shortly before 11 00 a. M. This morning. That response was swift and heavy. Shots fired per a witness. Reporter San Bernandino Police responded first. Then more and more officers from the sheriffs department, the fbi, and atf arrived at the scene. A short time later, workers began filing out, their hands raised. Ambulances took the injured to hospitals. Police say it appears there was a dispute of some kind during a Holiday Party that may have triggered the mass shooting. There are reports one of the shooters may have been at the event, then left, and returned with one or two accomplices. Police said they used assault style weapons and dressed in tactical gear. One father waited anxiously outside. His torr was inside. He read her texas as he tried to control his emotions. Shooting at my work. People shot. In the office, waiting for cops. Pray for us. Reporter another man said his wife just got out of the building and had been texting him. She said the guy shot, came in next to her office, and i guess started shooting. They locked themself in, in her office. Theyve seen bodies on the floor. Reporter witnesses reported seeing someone leaving in a black suv. Law enforcement developed the information that took them to a home in a nearby city of redmond. Officials say they saw an suv leaving the home, and gave chase. Theyre killing that guy. Reporter the pursuit took them back to san bernandino, where there was a shootout. A man ran from the suv and was shot, and died on the street. A woman died inside the vehicle. A third person seen running from the area was detained, but its unclear if that man is involved. Of the suspects that were, that are dead at the scene, one is a male, one is a female. They were dressed in kind of assault style clothing. I think it is probably the best way to term it. They are both armed with assault rifles. Theyre both armed with handguns. Reporter tonight, the search for evidence continues inside the Conference Center where the shooting happened, and at the home in redland. We are bringing in fbi resources. We have agents on a house in redlands california right now. That house, as we know, we do not know the contents of whats in that house. But previous active shooter incidents have shown us there are times when devices are left behind. Reporter at this point, police have not released the names of any of the victims. Sadly, some family members are waiting to hear from their loved ones, they keep calling their cell phones with no answer. We expect to learn some of the identities tomorrow. But we have heard from one of the family members of one of the suspects. Syed farook. We heared from his brother. I have absolutely no idea. I am in shock myself. Reporter again, that was the suspects brotherinlaw. His name is farhan khan. He spoke at a council on American Islamic relations. This investigation is really just beginning. Thank you. President obama offered his condolences today to those affected by the san bernandino shooting. The president also said lawmakers need to take action to stop mass murders, which have become all too common in the united states. There are steps we need to take to make americans safer, and that we should come together in a bipartisan basis that every level of government, to make these rare, as opposed to normal. We should never think that this is something that just happens in the ordinary course of events, because it doesnt happen with the same frequency in other countries. The frequency of Mass Shootings is enough to make some people shake their heads and strike others with fear. Ktvus noel walker is live in walnut creek. Thoughts of this most recent shooting, are on many peoples minds. Theres always that question, why. Followed by the nagging feeling. Could it happen here. Wherever here may be. I talked to a psychologist tonight, who said if you have felt that way, with each new mass shooting, you arent alone. Those fears are natural. If there was a place where people can feel a little tentative, maybe even getting hurt, holiday ice skating. People are on edge, literally, amend figuretively, with another mat shooting in the spotlight. Its frightening, and its saddening, more than anything. Reporter she cant protect her from everything. It doesnt matter where you go, whether its the movies, theater, or whether youre trying to get your child help. You just have to be extra aware of your circumstances, and basically, roll the dice wherever you go anymore. It decreases your feelings of security. Reporter clinical psychologist, Edward Abramson says its natural to feel anxious, when we see news of another mass shooting. Your risk probably is greater when you get in the car and drive on the freeway, than it is for a random, senseless attack like this one. Reporter still it hits close to home. Abrahamson used to work in a similar Regional Center. Did you ever feel unsafe . No. Would you now . Probably not. Another mass killing. Its scary. Reporter matt michaelsons son goes to a Regional Center in the bay area. The shooting at a similar facility makes him pause and think. Im starting to rethink it. Reporter the biggest for children and grandchildren. That they will grow up in a world thats full of fear. Reporter fear has a way of making us all a little unsteady, but there always seems to be someone interest to help us up. Now the psychologist we talked to tonight said there are some things you can do to ease your anxiety. You can go out and do something just to free your mind, like go ice skating. Or if you feel compelled do Something Like writing a congressman to feel like youre taking more control of the situation. As for the kids in your lives, he says the most important thing is to reassure them that the adults around them are doing everything they can to make them feel safe. Reporting live in walnut creek, noel walker, ktvu, fox 2 news. Right now, we want to take you live to san bernandino, this is the police chief there, talking about what happened today. Syed farook. He is 28 years old. Im told that he is u. S. Born. The person that was with him is a female. She is deceased as well. Her name is tashfeen malik. She is 27 years old. I do not have any Additional Information on where she is from at this point. The reason and how we came across that, and ill just kind of talk about the investigation a little bit ill talk about the investigation a little bit. There was some questions you guys asked at an earlier press conference about a person that had left the meeting angry. This was a Meeting Christmas Party type event that was taking place with samuel county employees at the Regional Center. Mr. Farook is a county employee. He works with his title as an environmental specialist in the Public Health department. Has been employed there for five years. He was at the party. He did leave the party early under some circumstances that were described as angry, or something of that nature. That is the information that we were following up on, when we encountered him back near this residence in redland, which led to the pursuit in the officer involved shooting. As weve now confirmed, he is one of the deceased. A little bit about the response we had. Some questions that were asked earlier. From the time that we received our first 911 call of a shooting taking place inside the business, the inland Regional Center, to the time the First Police Unit arrived on scene was four minutes. Almost immediate pli after our arrival, we had multiple units arriving, and they immediately entered the building, responding to an active shooter type situation, where they encountered victims, and they were in search of suspects. Multiple, multiple teams of officers were going into various buildings and doing that. From the time that we were able to start extracting those victims, which was a few minutes after we had cleared the first rooms, and where we had found the victims, from the time we extracted them, got them to the Triage Centers just outside of the business, where they were treated by paramedics, and then transported to the hospital was about 15 minutes, so it was fairly fast for a situation such as this. So with that, any questions . Do you know the relationship between the two dead suspects . I have, we have gone back and forth between information that they were married, or that they were engaged, but there was a relationship. I dont have it to what that is now. Holding it in questioning. How does he fit into this . I have not been able to get an update as to whether or not that person was involved. As i said before, when the officer involved shooting occurred, the initial officers that we had information from, did not see anybody specifically fleeing the vehicle. There was other responding vehicles that saw this person running away from the scene, stopped him, and detained him. For that reason, we dont know if he was involved, or what his involvement is at this point. We initially put out that we had information that there were upwards of three shooters. Right now, as we continue to drill down on information and its witness statements, it looks like we have two shooters, and were pretty comfortable that the two shooters that have gone into the building, are the two shooters we have this crime scene. We have the crime scene up on we have the crime scene in redlands, thats being ac tim worked as well. And as i said, mr. Farook was a county employee. So we have obviously secured his office space. Is there a residence . A residence of his specifically . It a residence listed for him. I dont know if he was living there. You have been listening to a press conference with the police chief of san bernandino. Talking about giving some new information to the shootings today that took place at the inland Regional Center at 11 00 this morning. We learned just now, moments ago, the suspect has been identified as syed farook, a 28 yearold man. The woman was identified as 27 yearold tashfeen malik. They had some kind of relationship and were at the Christmas Party that the man left. He was angry, they came back, those two people that did the shooting are the people who were killed this afternoon in that shootout with police. The police chief also confirmed that syed farook was a county employee. He had been a county employee for five years, and theyre also operating under the assumption that it was just these two shooters. You may recall, a third person has been detained who may have been seen running from the suv. The operating theory here, if you listen to the police chief, is that they think it was just two people. They have both people, both of whom were killed in that shootout. Were going to continue to monitor the developments from down there. Coverage from san bernandino, continues at 10 30, we will take you back there live for late information from the scene. Well show you the cell phone video that is raising questions about the use of deadly force. Tracking rain in the bay area forecast for your thursday. Ill have a timeline for when the rain will get here, and how long it will last. He rainwater washes away who you are we go over the mountains and under the stars we go over the mountains and under the stars [ ] San Francisco police are investigating an officer involved shooting tonight after officers kill a suspect who they say approached them with a knife. Witnesses are already raising questions about that shooting, and pointing to video of the confrontation. The shooting happened just before 5 00 at third and holster in the bay view district. Ktvus Paul Chambers is live with that video. And how police are responding tonight. Paul . Reporter julie, five San Francisco Police Officers are on administrative leave, while theres an investigation into that fatal, and what some are calling a very controversial shooting. Theres video making its way across social media, showing a confrontation between police and the suspect. This video posted on a public Instagram Account shows several San Francisco Police Officers, circling a man who they say was armed with a knife. Police believe he was a suspect in the stabbing around 3 50 this afternoon. Officers from bay view responded. Were told by a witness to the stabbing that the suspect was indeed still in the area. Reporter police began looking for the suspect, and finally encountered the man near third and gilman. Officers told him to drop the knife, and when he didnt they deployed the standard bean bag gun several times, striking the suspect. He did not drop the weapon. Reporter officers used a Higher Powered bean bag gun to disarm the suspect. It knocked him down, but again, he didnt drop the knife. This suspect had already demonstrated by committing a felony aggravated assault, that he was a danger to others, so he could not be allowed to move away from the scene. Reporter thats when chief sur says the officer feared for his lives, and fired several shots. Oh, my god one of the officers cut off his path. He went towards the officer, and that officer and four other officers fired in defense of the officer who he was moving towards. A young man was up against the wall. He was backing up, never did he approach the police in any form or way. He was backing up, if anything, and then he was shot to death. Reporter this man lives in the area, and asked we conceal his identity for fear of retaliation. He said he was angry with the officers actions. I just want to say rest in peace to the young man. Ive never seen him, i dont know him, and i really hope that god blessed him and his family. Reporter now its unclear if the knife recovered at the scene is the same knife used in the stabbing this afternoon. As for the victim in that stabbing, they were stabbed, and wounded in the shoaltder, and is expected to survive. At this time, police have not released any information about the suspect who is now dead. Paul chambers in San Francisco tonight. Also in San Francisco tonight, the Police Commission approved new rules for use of body worn cameras by officers. The president of the San Francisco Police Officer Association Says the rules adopted tonight will allow the officers to view the video for daytoday incident reports. If there is an incustody death, the police chief or disnecessaryny will make the decision as to whether the officer can view any part of that video. The department is hoping to have the body cameras in use sometime next year. The e. Coli outbreak involving Chicken Salad at costco has now led to other companies also issuing recalls. 19 people across seven states have been infected with e. Coli bacteria, including here in california. Medical experts have linked the source to celery from taylor farms, specific in tracy. The recall has been expanded to include 155,000 items from retailers including walmart, sams club, target, and safe way. A wide range of products is affected, including salads, vegetable trays and pasta mixes. For complete list, you can go to our website, ktvu. Com. A stunning sunset, captured by sky fox ahead of the wet weather. The storm system is expected to bring much needed rain to the bay area, and snow to the mountains. Bill martin is here now, tracking it all for us. A significant weather system coming our way, its a one and done. Could see up to an inch of rain around the bay area, a half inch in most places. Gusts of wind tomorrow around 1 00. In the sierra, we have a winter storm warning that is, or will go into effect. Heres the system as it stands now. Still well to the north of us. That system approaches, well notice some sprinkles. Weve already had sprinkles in the north bay this evening. Here we are at 10 00 tonight. Here we are tomorrow morning, 9 00 a. M. So the system is a little behind schedule youll. We notice that last night. Look at that rain band. Pretty significant. Not very wide. Its going to move through quick. Significant in the intensity. This is going to be raining pretty heavy, as it moves overhead. 9 00a. M. Then at noon, its pretty much covering the entire bay area. Thats the heart of the storm. The most wind, the most rain. Then we go into the 4 00, 5 00 hour, scattered showers. Morning commute dry. Early afternoon commute might be a little bit wet. Late afternoon commute, not too bad. That winter storm warning in the mountains tomorrow. Theyre going to get a bit of snow. I