In the hours before the San Bernardino massacre, Syed Farook, 28, and his Saudi wife dropped off their six-month-old baby with Farook's mother, saying they were going to a doctor's appointment.
Two suspects were killed by police in San Bernardino after a mass shooting at a conference center Wednesday- Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were killed in a gun battle with police after the mass shooting
- Farook is said to have traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year and returned with a wife - and a baby followed
- He wrote in an online profile on a Muslim dating site six years prior that he enjoys doing target practice in his backyard
- Farook graduated from California State University, San Bernardino with a degree in environmental health in 2009
- Farook and his wife left their six-month-old baby daughter with his mother in Redlands, California, telling her they were going for a doctor's appointment
- Police said 14 died and a 17 were wounded after suspects opened fire at the Inland Regional Center on Wednesday
- San Bernardino Police Chief said shooters wore 'assault-style' clothing, had GoPro cameras strapped to them and had two handguns and two assault rifles - all legally purchased in US within the past four years, according to ATF
- Farook had attended the holiday party but 'left' angry, according to police, and later returned with his wife to carry out the massacre
- Suspects left three explosive devices rigged to a remote-controlled toy car inside at the Inland Regional Center before fleeing in an SUV
- Cops were in a dramatic standoff with the suspects after reports that up to three people were on the loose
- Suspects reportedly threw pipe bombs out of the windows of their SUV before they were taken down by police
- An officer was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries after the standoff on a residential street
- Police and federal agents searched a home in Redlands associated with Farook's family early Thursday morning in desperate hunt for clues
- President Obama said in a statement from the Oval Office it is possible the massacre in San Bernardino was related to terrorism, but it's also possible it was workplace-related
Published: 07:57 EST, 3 December 2015 | Updated: 12:34 EST, 3 December 2015
San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook met his Pakistani wife-turned-accomplice Tashfeen Malik while on the hajj in Saudi Arabia and appeared to have been radicalized, law enforcement officials revealed this afternoon.
investigators told CNN that Farook, a native US citizen of South Asian descent, was in touch by phone and via social media with more than one international terrorism subject.
Federal officials told NBC News that Farook made a trip to Saudi Arabia within the past two year, most likely for the hajj – the religious pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca that all devout Muslims are required to go on at least once in their lives.
It is believed that during his stay abroad, he met Malik, got engaged and later brought her over the US on a K-1 fiancee visa.
After the couple got married, Malik, who was a native of Pakistan, became a naturalized US citizen.
On Wednesday morning, Farook, 28, and Malik, 27, dropped off their six-month-old baby with Farook's mother, saying they were going to a doctor's appointment.
By noon, according to police, the couple had donned assault clothing, armed themselves with rifles and stormed a holiday party attended by San Bernardino County employees, killing 14 people and wounding 17 others. According to some reports, the duo had GoPro cameras strapped to their body armor during the shooting.
Before sunset, after a massive manhunt and a violent shootout with police on a residential street in the city of Redlands.
Those who knew Farook, among them his colleagues at the San Bernardino County Public Health Department, described him as a devout Muslim but not someone who often talked about religion.
'He never struck me as a fanatic, he never struck me as suspicious,' said Griselda Reisinger, a former colleague.
Co-worker Patrick Baccari, who shared a cubicle with Farook, told the Los Angeles Times he and his young family appeared to be 'living the American dream.'
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