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On December 2, 2015, a terrorist attack, consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing, occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. The perpetrators, a married couple living in the city of Redlands, targeted a San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and Christmas party of about 80 employees in a rented banquet room. Their weapons included AR-15 style rifles (DPMS Panther Arms A-15 & Smith & Wesson M&P15), 9mm Semi-automatic pistols (Llama Model XI-B & Springfield Armory XD Bi-Tone), and pipe bombs. In all, 14 people were killed.

Those dead were:

• Robert Adams (40)
• Isaac Amanios (60)
• Bennetta Betbadal (46)
• Harry Bowman (46)
• Sierra Clayborn (27)
• Juan Espinoza (50)
• Aurora Luz Godoy (26)
• Shannon Johnson (45)
• Larry Daniel Kaufman (42)
• Damian Meins (58)
• Tin Nguyen (31)
• Nicholas Thalasinos (52)
• Yvette Velasco (27)
• Michael Raymond Wetzel (37)

Those injured included 22 civilians, some seriously and some by gunshot. Several were hospitalized after leaving the building. The perpetrators escaped the scene, but were tracked by law enforcement and engaged in an exchange of gunfire, leaving the two perpetrators dead and two officers injured. One police officer was shot during the gunfight, and one was injured by flying glass or shrapnel.

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