A Mass Shooting in San Bernardino: Was It Terrorism?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The latest toll from yesterday's mass shooting in San Bernardino: 14 dead and 21 wounded. The killers were a local health inspector and his wife — who left their six-month old baby girl with her grandmother before arming themselves and attacking the husband's colleagues at a holiday party. Was it terrorism?
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| 0:35.2 | A mass shooting in California. |
| 0:38.0 | Was it terrorism? |
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| 0:48.9 | A professional health inspector and his wife dropped their baby off at her grandmother's house yesterday in San Bernardino. |
| 0:55.3 | Then they murdered 14 of his colleagues and injured 21 others at a holiday party before they were |
| 1:01.0 | killed in a shootout with the police. The motive is still unclear, but there's no doubt there was |
| 1:05.8 | prior planning. The FBI is leading a massive investigation. Terrorism is not being ruled out. |
| 1:12.3 | We'll update that story, and we'll hear about law enforcement efforts |
| 1:15.7 | to identify potential terrorists in this country |
| 1:18.5 | before they can take any action. |
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