REPORTS: Two of the San Bernardino Shooting Suspects Identified (UPDATED)
The identity of one of the shooters involved in today’s deadly shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA has been reported by NBC News.
NBC News Tweeted the following:
JUST IN: Suspect in #SanBernardino shooting ID’d as Syed Farook; Another believed to be Farook’s brother: Sources https://t.co/XuFyOhXh2T
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 3, 2015
NBC cites, “multiple sources from multiple agencies,” who identified Farook. No other information is currently available but NBC also indicated the possibility that another suspect in the shooting is Farook’s brother.
One suspect in #SanBernardino shooting identified as Syed Farook, a U.S. citizen https://t.co/AtB2f3oQ7z
— L.A. Times: L.A. Now (@LANow) December 3, 2015
San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan confirmed earlier that assault-style weapons were used and that the suspects were “dressed and equipped” in black clothing and tactical gear.
We will update this post as more information becomes available and confirmed.
UPDATE — 11:37 p.m. ET: San Bernardino police released the name of a second suspect in today’s shooting as Tayyeep Bin Ardogan. Reports indicate Bin Ardogan is a 28 year-old citizen of the Middle Eastern country Qatar.
Rick Serrano, the FBI/Justice Reporter for the LA Times, tweeted:
#SanBernadino police just released the name of one suspect as Tayyeep Bin Ardogan, a 28 year-old Qatari citizen.
— Rick Serrano (@RickSerranoLAT) December 3, 2015
UPDATE – Dec. 3, 12:11 A.M. ET: Serrano deleted his tweet naming the second suspect. In a separate post, the reporter said San Bernardino police clarified they did not release a second name. Reports that “Tayyeep Bin Ardogan” is a suspect appear to be erroneous.
SB police clarifying that 2nd name was not released by them. Appears now to be a hoax. We are disregarding.
— Rick Serrano (@RickSerranoLAT) December 3, 2015
UPDATE – 1:12 A.M. ET: At a news conference Thursday morning, Burguan released the names of the two suspects killed in the police shootout Wednesday.
The male suspect, Farook, had been previously confirmed to news outlets by police. US-born Farook, 28, worked as an environmental specialist for the county for five years. Police confirmed he was at a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center and left the event early.
Police also released the name of the female suspect, 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik. Burguan confirmed Malik and Farook were in a relationship, though the details are not known.
Burguan said that authorities are not ruling out links to terrorism. “There had to have been some degree of planning that went into this,” Burguan said.
Editor’s Note: In a previous version of this post we relied on a since-deleted Tweet from the FBI/Justice Reporter at The Los Angeles Times, Rick Serrano, who reported on the identity of the second suspect in Wednesday’s shooting as Tayyeep Bin Ardogan. Serrano shortly thereafter Tweeted a correction, identifying Bin Ardogan’s name as a hoax.
The Daily Beast retracted its photo of Farook as it was not a photo of the suspect, Syed Rizwan Farook. The previous photo was taken from the LinkedIn profile of Syed Raheel Farook, who is not the suspect and not tied to the San Bernardino shooting. We have removed it in keeping with updated information.
[Image via screengrab]
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