California: 14 dead in Paris style mass shooting

Heavily armed gunmen burst into a holiday party at a center for people with developmental disabilities and killed 14 people. There were thought to be three assailants, but two of the suspected assailants died in a gun battle with police on Wednesday authorities say.

The violence erupted around 11 a.m. at the convention building at the Inland Regional Center, in San Bernardino, California where employees with the county health department were attending a holiday event when the shooters opened fire, killing 14 people.

Another 17 people were hurt — many wounded by bullets from automatic-style rifles, some injured in the panic to escape and the shooters later fled in a black SUV, prompting a huge police response in the area.

The police hunted for the suspects for hours with a tip taking officers to a home about 10 miles away in Redlands.

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When detectives followed up on it, a black SUV with Utah plates passed by slowly then sped up and raced off, a law enforcement official close to the investigation said.

A police car spotted it and took up pursuit.

There was a shootout, the official said. The male suspect shot out of the vehicle while the woman drove. The SUV stopped a quarter of a mile later, as an officer returned fire.

A device that looked like a bomb also flew out of the vehicle, Meredith Davis with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives stated. The SUV was racing back towards San Bernardino, she said.

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