San Bernardino suspect, a dad, lived the American dream

Luke Skywalker · Dec 3, 2015

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[h=4]San Bernardino suspect, a dad, lived the American dream[/h]ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The day started like any other -- and ended in mass murder. Syed R. Farook and Tashfeen Malik dropped off their 6-month-old daughter with the baby's grandparents on Wednesday morning. They

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Authorities are searching for a motive for Wednesday's shooting in Southern California. Police say the mass shooting could have been terrorism, or the result of a workplace dispute. (Dec. 3) AP

Farhan Khan, left, brother-in-law of one of the suspects involved in a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., is held by Hussam Ayloush, executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations, during a news conference(Photo: AP)

ANAHEIM, Calif. —*The day started like any other — and ended in mass murder.
Syed R. Farook and Tashfeen Malik dropped off their 6-month-old daughter with the baby's grandparents on Wednesday morning. They explained that they had a doctor's appointment, says Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations here, who talked with Farook's father-in-law.
But instead, Farook would briefly go to an office party at the Inland Regional Center where he worked as a environmental specialist. He left only to return with Malik, police say. With assault rifles and bombs, the pair gunned down 14 and injured at least 17 others.
On Thursday, the search for a motive continues.
Police were zeroing on the lives of the couple in an attempt to determine whether the attack in San Bernardino, about 50 miles east of here, was a case of workplace violence or Islamic-inspired terrorism, or both.
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Ayloush organized a press conference Wednesday night in which he was joined by clergy of various faiths to urge that the attacks be viewed as a product of madness, not jihad. Among those speaking was Farhan Khan, Farook's father-in-law, who said his family was shocked at what happened.
"Why would he do something like this?" Khan asked, later saying the family is in a state of shock and disbelief about what happened.
Khan, married to Farook's sister, said he talked with Farook a week ago. While he didn't disclose the nature of the conversation, Ayloush said Khan told him it was routine —*family business and alike. He said little else, explaining he didn't want to compromise the police investigation.
On the surface, Farook and Malik lived the American dream, the kind of life that would be the envy of many. He had a solid job for a government agency, having worked for San Bernardino County for five years, police say. The family had a neat house in nearby Redlands. And, of course, there was their darling baby.
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The couple led such normal lives that their little girl's grandparents didn't detect anything wrong. When they learned of the attack on TV, they called Farook to make sure he was okay, Ayloush says. It wasn't until late afternoon, when they received a call from a reporter, that they learned*that the couple might be suspected as perpetrators of the attack.
When they got the call, "their initial thought was they were among the wounded," Ayloush says.
The man who owns the house in*Center Street in Redlands, Doyle Miller, said Farook had lived there for five or six months. Redlands is just a few miles from San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles, in what is known locally as the Inland Empire. Miller said Farook moved in with his wife and a "young child," who he thinks was just a baby. He said a "grandmother" also lived there, though he wasn't sure if it was Farook's grandmother or the child's.
Late in the day, police were searching the house. They were worried it might have bombs like the three that the couple planted at the center.
Miller said he only met Farook once and* had no problems with him. "The only thing we complained about is that he didn't take care of the backyard," he says.

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Somber scene near California shooting | 01:11Jefferson Graham reports from San Bernardino, California, where survivors and family members at Wednesday's mass shooting have been bussed to a local community center. Sean Fujiwara

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.San Bernardino Police Chief names shooting suspects | 02:35San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan says the two suspects in the Wednesday morning shooting are named Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. Both died in a shootout with police. (Dec. 3) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Shooting survivors reunited with family | 01:26Survivors of the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif. were reunited with family after being interviewed by authorities. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Bystanders react to California shooting | 00:34USA TODAY talks to bystanders on the scene of the San Bernardino mass shooting. Jefferson Graham reports. Sean Fujiwara, USA TODAY

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Worry, confusion for families after Calif. shooting | 01:08As many as three gunmen believed to be wearing military-style gear opened fire Wednesday at a Southern California social services center, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others, authorities said. (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Emotional dad: Daughter 'hiding' from shooter | 01:23Relatives describe hearing from loved ones from inside a social services facility in San Bernardino, California where police are responding to an active shooter. (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Search for motive in San Bernardino shooting | 01:38Authorities are searching for a motive for Wednesday's shooting in Southern California. Police say the mass shooting could have been terrorism, or the result of a workplace dispute. (Dec. 3) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Raw: Victims treated in Calif. shooting incident | 01:33Aerial video shows victims being treated and taken to ambulances following reports of an active shooter situation in San Bernardino, California. (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Police chief: 14 dead in Calif. shooting | 01:45The San Bernardino, California chief of police says at least 14 people were killed and at least 14 more were injured in a mass shooting at a social services center. Police were still searching for as many as three gunman. (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Obama: 'We have a pattern now of mass shootings' | 01:52President Barack Obama is calling Wednesday's mass shooting in Southern California part of a pattern of shootings in the U.S. that "has no parallel anywhere else in the world." (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.'Moment of Silence' at DC Tree Lighting | 00:49The mass shooting in California has intruded on a normally festive event in Washington - the annual lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree. (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.San Bernardino Police search for suspect after mass shooting | 00:33Officers in San Bernardino, Calif., responded to an active shooter situation. Multiple people are dead and injured.
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MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Police: 2 Suspects Down, 1 Other Detained | 01:38Police said a man and a woman suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting in San Bernardino, California were killed in a shootout with police. A third possible suspect was being detained. A motive for the shooting has not been reported. (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Mass shooting reported at California Social Services facility | 00:41Police in the Southern California city of San Bernardino were responding Wednesday to reports of a mass shooting at a social services facility. USA TODAY

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.Police respond to active shooter in Calif. | 00:56Police in San Bernardino, Calif. were responding to reports of an active shooter at a social services facility. (Dec. 2) AP

MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.San Bernardino County Sheriff confirms active shooter | 01:40Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton reports that there's an active shooter near Orange Show Rd. and Waterman Ave., the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a tweet, citing the San Bernardino Police Department. Bloomberg

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