San Bernardino Shooter Traveled to Saudi Arabia Before Rampage

One of the shooters in the San Bernardino rampage that killed 14 people traveled to Saudi Arabia for nearly a month this spring and returned with a wife, who ultimately became his co-attacker.

Co-workers of Syed Farook at the San Bernardino County public health department told the Los Angeles Times that the U.S. citizen met Tashfeen Malik online and returned with her after a visit abroad earlier this year.

The couple had a baby and seemed to be living the “American dream,” said Patrick Baccari, who shared a cubicle with Farook.

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Baccari said Farook never struck up a conversation; another co-worker, Griselda Reisinger, said Farook was a devout Muslim but didn’t seem suspicious.

“He never struck me as a fanatic, he never struck me as suspicious,” she told the Times.

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Co-workers said there had been a baby shower for Malik and Farook at the County’s Public Health Department nearly a month before the two went on a shooting rampage at the Inland Regional Center during a holiday party for the San Bernardino County public health department.

San Bernardino Mass Shooting: The Scene Following Deadly Attack (Photos)

SWAT team members respond to a shooting at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
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The mass shooting left at least 14 people dead and 17 injured.
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Ambulances respond to the shooting, however, officials say "up to three" suspects escaped in a dark colored SUV.
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A police vehicle arrives at Inland Regional Center.
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Inland Regional Center employees are evacuated after the shooting.
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Inland Regional Center employees board a bus and are taken to safety.
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San Bernardino County sheriffs deputies respond to the shooting.
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San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon speaks to the media.
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Law enforcement officials announce they will provide hourly updates.
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FBI and ATF agents respond to the mass shooting.
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A California Highway Patrol officer stands with his weapon as authorities pursue suspects in San Bernardino.
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San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan gives updates on the situation.
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Police are involved in a shootout with suspects in a black SUV Wednesday, about a mile from the mass shooting.
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Authorities later announce that a man and a woman in the SUV were killed in the shootout.
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Law enforcement officials assess the scene following the shootout, and the subsequent search for a third suspect.
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An FBI spokesman says after the shootout that terrorism is "a possibility" in Wednesday's violence.
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SWAT team members patrol the area near the shootout during the search for a third suspect.
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Law enforcement officials search for a third suspect following the shootout.
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