- A man named Syed Farook has been identified as involved in the shooting. A man by this individual lived at the address that police were searching this afternoon. An individual matching that name and address worked for the organization that was meeting in the room at the time. He is Muslim, apparently.
- The shooters used two long-guns and two pistols. They also had what are being described as "potential explosive devices."
- Two suspects, one male and one female, were killed in a shootout. There was a third person taken into custody, but that person may or may not have been involved in the shootout.
- The FBI searched a home in Redlands, CA. Several controlled explosions were executed after the shooting.
Ok, so here's the most solid assumptions we have:
- Yes, this is gun violence. Guns were used to kill people. It is, what it is.
- No, this was not a spontaneous work-shooting. You don't just have pipe bombs in your car. This was a planned attack. By my definition of terrorism, this is terrorism.
- This man is Muslim, yes. He was an American citizen though, with a house, family, and job. He is not a refugee, so this has zero to do with the Syrian refugee issue. Unless he went to Syria or some other hotbed training location, it's not likely this is ISIS related. That, we don't know yet.
- This was pre-meditated. That doesn't mean this wasn't mental illness, workplace revenge, or some other cause. Could it have been extremism? Yes. We don't have any sign of that, yet.
At this point, we don't know the reasoning behind this shooting. We don't even exactly know who did it. Quite clearly, another psychopath of some kind got their hands on a gun in the United States. After that, let's wait and see. This could go into workplace healthy, terrorism, or any other number of areas.
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