Arrive on the scene as two killers unleashed mayhem in california. Then the face of evil, alarming new details emerge about the suspected mastermind behind the deadly attack. And remembering the lives lost. Hundreds gather to pay tribute to mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers killed in the attack. Good evening, im chuck star borough. Im natalie pass k pasquarella. What else they may have been planning before police took them out. Right now the fbi is treating this case as a possible terror attack. Investigators say the primary suspect, syed farook, appeared to have been radicalized. The death toll stands at 14, but the number of injured has risen to 21. New information has been emerging by the minute. We have a team of reporters covering every angle. We begin with Michael Gargiulo live in San Bernardino right now where a vigil for those victims reporter natalie and chuck, when we were coming to you, the most somber moment herenst that vigil in the stadium. Theyve turned the lights out and theyre now asking people to remember those who lost their lives in this tragic shooting. And we were at the shooting scene a few miles away from here. For the first time we heard from a First Responder about the horror he encountered there. One day reporter a community filled a stadium to show support and sy bmpathy in San Bernardino as the county coroner released the names of the 14 People Killed in the shooting spree. Ss just want to mourn with the rest of the family. We felt that the Community Really Needs to come together, and we need to offer our support. Reporter just a short while earlier, police opened the road that leads to the inland regional center, scene of the attack. With investigators still going through the sprawling complex. And we heard for the first time from one of the First Police Officers on the scene. Lieutenant mike madden who entered the Conference Room where 14 people lay dead. The carnage that we were were injured and unfortunately already dead. Reporter governor jerry brown came here as well to express his concern for the people in this community. When it comes to people who engage in these kind of vicious, brutal acts will spare nothing in bringing them to justice. Reporter and we learned about the devastating firepower police say the suspect, syed farook and his wife unleashed on their victims who were attending a Holiday Party. We believe the suspects, when they entered, fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles at the scene. Reporter but investigators say it could have been worse, and there could have been more attacks. They found 12 pipe bombs at the couples home. Thousands of rounds of ammunition there and in the suv they were killed in after a shootout with police. Now the search for a motive, looking to the pilgrimage farook made to saudi arabia two years ago where he met his wife and communication hes had on the internet. The Digital Media is are trying to determine the motive. Reporter chuck and natalie, this vigil now is just ending just at this moment. The people starting to file out of the stadium. But i should tell you at one point they asked for a round of applause for the First Responders, and they got it. A huge round of applause because i think these people understood Office Complex just yesterday. Back to you. All right, michael, thank you. So many courageous First Responders and Law Enforcement. Now, most of the 14 People Killed in the shooting worked in the same county Public Health department. They were attending a Holiday Party when the man who they worked alongside showed up with his wife and sprayed the room with bullets. News 4s checky beckford is live with what were learning about those lives lost. And the stories, natalie, are slowly beginning to emerge so suddenly rip add way. Among the dead, a father of six and an immigrant who fled religious persecution. And just because of the sheer of those family members and friends only found out today that their loved one had been killed. Reporter these are the faces of some of the 14 people murdered in San Bernardino wednesday. And this is the face of grief. Ryan reyes, the moment he found out his partner, 42yearold larry kaufman, didnt survive the massacre. The last i had heard from him was this morning when he sent me a picture when he was on his lunch break. Reporter this was reyes wednesday night, still awaiting word of kaufmans fate. It wasnt until thursday afternoon that the San Bernardino coroner would finish the unimaginable task of notifying all 14 families that their loved ones had been killed. 37yearold Michael Wetzel leaves behind six children. Dae mian meins played santa for kids and claiborne was a beloved sister. Gina ortiz counts herself as o of the lucky ones. Her son survived. To have yout son shot five times to say its a blessing because it is a blessing becau ofse hes still here. And theres other families that dont have their children with them. Reporter some of the 21 victims who are being treated at area hospitals still dont even know the extent of of the nightmare they survived. He is talking. And one of the biggest things hes saying, hes asking for his coworkers. He ho wantsdeo know what has happened. T we are trying to keep that away from him at this moment in time. Reporter their families now focused on the long road of healing ahead. Ist its going to take a while because, you know, his legs, hes got the Bullet Wounds in his legs, but hes going to be fine. With theisord, hes going to be just fine. Reporter and friends and family have started fundraising pages in some of the cases for the children of the victims. Back to you. All right, checkey, thank you. One of the victims killed in the attack, one called wew jersey home. Another is the cousin of a giants football player. Of the sons of one of the victims lives. Brian . Reporter yeah, and that former resident, nicholas thalasinos. San behaardino is hitting home in both north and south jersey. Some want ta talk about it. Some simply cannot. At the home here in jackson, one of his sons, we were told he was too upset to talk, that he found out on social media about his fathers death. Nichol weas thalasinos. Gerald thornton knew him well. He really worked hard. I can tell you. He made sure that the county of cape may was protected. Reporter thalasinos, a selfdescribed messianic jew with the belief that christ is the messiah was described by his widow, gisele, this way. It was obvious he believed in the jewish tradition, and feel martyred. Reporter one of 1 kill 4 killed in this attack, he worked alongside farook according to his widow who suspects they may have been gotten into an argument because thalasinos is so passionate. Very outspoken about islamic rrorism. Reporter ironically, this were antigun control postings on his facebook page. Back in cape may, the connection to california was overwhelming. Here we are, little cape may county, 98,000 people, and suddenly we have one of our own out there in california now that is murdered by these terrorists. Reporter and not just a sout thh jersey connection. Giants safety nat berhe, just got word that one of my cousins was ung among the 14 killed yesterday. So sick right now. Amanios, he said he couldnt believe this, that this is the sort of thing that shouldnt be happening and this violence is unacceptable live in jacks township, brian thompson, news 4 new york. Brian, thank ngu. Its become predictable. After every mass shooting, democrats and republicans spar over the issue of gun control. An dd today was no different. We can take basic steps that would make it harder, not impossible, but harder for indivi als to get access to weapons. Fellow democrats echoed the president today. Republicans fired back saying more gun laws are not the answer. The last thing we want to do is rush to judgment to quote, unquote, do something and then not actually solve anything. The worst thing we can do is do nothing. Just today, the senate defeated a democratic proposal that would have blocked people on the u. S. Terror watch list from buying guns. Senate republicans also voted proposed. On long island, police are responding to the threat of terrorism by buying 150 new highpowered s. W. A. T. Rifles. The guns will be distributed to ordinary patrol officers who are already equipped with heavy body armor and tactical helmets. The Police Commissioner says these weapons will give the officers a better fighting chance. This is a tremendous advantage in a gunfight of the type were seeing now. Police Officials Say there will be specific protocols in place about when these guns should be used. In other words, theyre not meant for routine Law Enforcement. State with nbc news for continuing coverage of the california shootings. Youll find updates on nbcnewyork. Com and you can also get the very latest on nbc 4 new york app. Back here at home, police are investigating a shooting in brooklyn. Three people shot on a busy sidewalk. Our ray etta is live with flatbush with video captured by a surveillance camera. Its investigators are still mobile scene. Weve learned two men are dead, a woman is in the hospital. Police calling this a murder suicide. Tonight we watched as relatives showed up to the scene with questions, leaving in tears. I got a call that he was in a shooting, my brother. Reporter on the corner of east 91st and clarkson, the search for answers for police and family. This man, a brother of one of the men dead after this shooting, didnt want to give us his name. Its crazy. I cant believe it. Thats why im here. This thing that im seeing right now is the van. Thats it. I dont know anything else. Reporter police tell us a coup ne pulled up to the f nt of the building when a 39yearold suspect got out of a car and startedhooting multiple times, shooting a man and woman. The man latertdied. Lice say the suspect then turned the gun, killing himself. Weve learned it was some sort of domestic incident. Video obtained by 4 investigates shows a man walking towards the car shooting into it and then appearing to chase a woman. Police arrived minutes later, stopping right at the bloody scene. Reporter this witness in spanish tells me the woman killed is a mother of two. He remembers hearing the gunshots and then hearing the children crying. At the scene, there was more crying. Folks leaving after learning the sad news. And at this hour, police are still gathering evidence. We know theyll look through the surveillance cameras here to piece together exactly how all of this happened. Again, we know two men are dead, and the woman that was shot in this incident is at the hospital. At last check, she is in stable condition. Live in East Flatbush section of brooklyn, ray villeda. Turns out that bomb was harmless, but their alleged intentions were not. The students were arrested yesterday in new jersey after teachers discovered a plan to set off an explosive during a field trip to clifton high school. The fifth graders attend Clifton School 11. Authorities say the children wrote down their plans for the attack. But the device they created was really, really scary. Tithey shouldnt be thinking about this or doing Something Like this. Its just not good. Bomb squad was there in the cars. The kids were outside. They were crying. The superintendent says nobody was ever in danger. All the kids were released to their parents, and theyve been spended om school. Authorities say while this device was inoperable, the in. Tent was there. In an historic move for the u. S. Military, women can soon serve the front line in combat. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that women in all branches of the military can take on any job for which they are qualified. He said the move will make the military stronger. Some commanders in the marines disagreed, asking for some positions to be for men only. But carter said there will be no exceptions. As long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will now be able to contribute to our mission in ways they could not before. The secretary of defense says 30 days from now. Want to take a moment if yo sourey uning in, youre watching an extendem version of our news at 11 00. And our top story obviously that shooting rampage in califo ia. We want to go back out to Michael Gargiulo live in San Bernardino where sadress grips that entire community there, michael. Reporter it really does, natalie and chuck. Were coming to you from san manuel stadium and a vigil just gbroke up here. It lasted for about an hour. People held candles, and they prayed, and they wanted to say that evil doe not define this co bymmunity. But it comes even as investigators are still trying to find the reason for this attack. I could see the bullet holes higher on the wall. So iirold everybody, were being attacked. Get on the floor. Reporter from Holiday Party to horror. Today were hearing from the survivors of thi massacre that left 14 dead, 21 others wounded. And a nation once again left numb from gun violence. Th first reports of shot fired came in at 10 59 a. M. We have at least 20 victims. Reporter Police Arrived 28yearold syed farook, his 27yearold wife, tashfeen malik, attacked a crowded Conference Room. We have several down in a Conference Room. Several down. Reporter farook returning to the party he h mad just left, now with his wife, fully armed with guns legally purchased. Fear, terror, gripping the entire complex. There was something that although we train for it its something that youre never achetually prepared for. Reporter officers on the scene making sure to keep everyone out of harms way. Ill take a bullet before you, thats for damn sure. Reporter nearly four hours later and two miles away a chase begins. Four minutes later a gun battle one the street. The s oters kill two police officers, wounded. Investigators say the couple had tactical gear, two assault rifles, two handguns, 2,000 rounds of ammunition found inside their rene car. At the complex they left behind a three pip bombs tied together clearly they were equipped and they could have cone nued to do another attack. Reporter today investigators analyzed a trove of evidence found inside farooks home including cell phones and computers. He was apparently radi socalized, communicating with terrorists overseas. The feds are looking into whether the couple had help planning their rampage. This took days, weeks, if not months to plan out. Theres nothing impulsive about this shooting at all. Reporter we also know farook traveled twice to saudi arabia where he met his wife and pakistan. Officials say he was not on the fbis radar before the shooting, but nbc has learned records show in the last year he made calls to radicals in southern california, well known to the fbi. The suspects family is in disbelief. Its unbelievable what happened. Ise am very sad, like deeply sad an d shocked. Reporter chuck and natalie, here tonight in california, a y ior the investigation. Once again, we cant stress how important that electronic investigation is, the computers, the cell phones, internet communications, possibly finding the one thing thats eluding investigators so far even though its early and is the motive for this attack. Back to you. Michael, so much to be discovered still. We thank you there from san beern dean bernardino. Mbers of the local Muslim Community who knew the gunmen are now speaking out. Farook first came to a mosque two years ago looking to heat up his lunch. He would go there to pray three to g four times a week. E assistant ipamamays he had no idea who was behind the shooting until Police Showed up at his home. Mosque members say they are shellshocked over the news that farook carried out this horrific crime. He was an american citizen. He had a goodpaying job. He had a family. He was living the american dream. I mean, he had everything he could have. The assistant imam denied famerook was radicalized during his time at the mosque. Highlights the big challenge facing u. S. Intelliaence and Law Enforcement agencies, and thats tracking american citizens. Who may become radicalized through the internet and carry out these attacks. The fbi is now tracking 900 potential suspects, 50 considered a top concern. Over the last year, the fbi has arrested 70 suspects in isisinspired plots. 54 were u. S. Citizens, most of them american born. The ability of isis to leverage social media to ra dicalize more people, to reach more people is there and its very difficult for Law Enforcement to challenge it. Now, to illustrate the challenge of tracking homegrown teourrorists, last week Homeland Security said it was not aware of any specific thterror threat. Just days be. Ore the attack in San Bernardino. New tonight, police say more than 20 people were arrested this evening at a protest outside of the gracie mansion. A protest marking the on eyear anniversary of the grand jury decision in the eric garner case. The firing of officer daniel pantaleo. The grand jurys decision not to indict him sparked days of protests last december. Organizers say tonights protest was meant to escalate pressure on the mayor to ake action. A house explosion in new jersey has claimed the life of a second person. A special Education Teacher in newark. She was among the 15 injured when a gas leak last month caused a home to explode in elrizabeth. E first person killed, tammy brown, died moments after that duplex was leveled by the blast. The hunt is on for a pairnof robbers who stole more than 100,000 of jewelry at a store and left behind an eerie reminder of what took place. Lets get a good look at this