1 00:00:07,224 --> 00:00:08,660 - We're starting to get calls that there was 2 00:00:08,703 --> 00:00:10,575 a mass shooting at the Inland Regional 3 00:00:10,618 --> 00:00:11,619 Center in San Bernardino. 4 00:00:14,970 --> 00:00:16,624 - The witnesses and the accounts that were 5 00:00:16,668 --> 00:00:17,930 coming in were that there were men 6 00:00:17,973 --> 00:00:20,150 dressed in black with AR-15s. 7 00:00:20,193 --> 00:00:23,544 - Now we have two suspects, both dressed in black. 8 00:00:23,588 --> 00:00:25,590 - Thought it might be a domestic terrorism. 9 00:00:29,159 --> 00:00:31,074 - Go, go, go. 10 00:00:31,117 --> 00:00:33,989 - They're hiding in restrooms, and they're hiding in closets. 11 00:00:34,033 --> 00:00:36,470 - "I'm in a tiny room with a bunch of people. 12 00:00:36,514 --> 00:00:37,471 We're freaking out." 13 00:00:37,515 --> 00:00:38,472 Please pray for us." 14 00:00:39,647 --> 00:00:41,127 - The shooters are on the loose. 15 00:00:41,171 --> 00:00:42,868 - The suspects have fled 16 00:00:42,911 --> 00:00:44,913 potentially in a dark-colored SUV. 17 00:00:44,957 --> 00:00:46,785 - We don't have an eye on the shooters. 18 00:00:46,828 --> 00:00:48,352 [dramatic music] 19 00:00:48,395 --> 00:00:51,529 - In the FBI, we make a lot of headlines. 20 00:00:51,572 --> 00:00:54,488 ♪ 21 00:00:54,532 --> 00:00:56,011 Drug busts, 22 00:00:56,055 --> 00:00:58,884 mob stings, 23 00:00:58,927 --> 00:01:00,668 terrorist takedowns. 24 00:01:00,712 --> 00:01:02,801 - Get down! Get down! 25 00:01:02,844 --> 00:01:05,151 - We understand why people want to tell stories about us. 26 00:01:05,195 --> 00:01:06,196 - Mark it. 27 00:01:06,239 --> 00:01:07,719 - Freeze! - FBI. 28 00:01:07,762 --> 00:01:09,373 - FBI! - Action! 29 00:01:09,416 --> 00:01:11,940 - But they don't know the half of it. 30 00:01:11,984 --> 00:01:13,028 [indistinct radio chatter] 31 00:01:13,072 --> 00:01:15,161 What really goes down? 32 00:01:15,205 --> 00:01:17,337 We save that for each other 33 00:01:17,381 --> 00:01:19,513 when we're talking agent-to-agent. 34 00:01:19,557 --> 00:01:21,950 ♪ 35 00:01:21,994 --> 00:01:26,303 This is "FBI True." 36 00:01:29,957 --> 00:01:32,918 [tense music] 37 00:01:32,961 --> 00:01:36,530 ♪ 38 00:01:36,574 --> 00:01:40,403 - Kristy Kottis is a 24-year veteran of the FBI. 39 00:01:40,447 --> 00:01:43,537 She worked gangs, crimes against children, 40 00:01:43,581 --> 00:01:46,018 as well as human and drug trafficking. 41 00:01:46,061 --> 00:01:48,368 Kottis was the supervisor of the FBI'S 42 00:01:48,412 --> 00:01:49,935 threat response squad 43 00:01:49,978 --> 00:01:52,155 overseeing the Bureau's response to terrorism 44 00:01:52,198 --> 00:01:54,331 threats in New York City. 45 00:01:54,374 --> 00:01:56,855 ♪ 46 00:01:56,897 --> 00:02:00,119 - Steve, as the special agent in charge of terrorism 47 00:02:00,163 --> 00:02:02,339 when San Bernardino mass shooting happened, 48 00:02:02,382 --> 00:02:04,079 why don't you take me from where you were, 49 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:07,431 how you knew it, and what you were doing? 50 00:02:07,474 --> 00:02:10,651 - That day was like any other day. 51 00:02:10,694 --> 00:02:12,871 That morning as I was parking my car 52 00:02:12,914 --> 00:02:16,353 in the parking lot at our office, 53 00:02:16,396 --> 00:02:18,703 I got a call from one of my ASACs. 54 00:02:18,746 --> 00:02:21,227 She says, "Hey, we're starting to get calls that there was 55 00:02:21,271 --> 00:02:23,273 a mass shooting at the Inland Regional 56 00:02:23,316 --> 00:02:24,752 Center in San Bernardino. 57 00:02:24,796 --> 00:02:26,406 ♪ 58 00:02:41,116 --> 00:02:42,553 - My ASAC thought it might be 59 00:02:42,596 --> 00:02:44,250 a domestic terrorism situation, 60 00:02:44,294 --> 00:02:46,209 because the witnesses and the accounts that were 61 00:02:46,252 --> 00:02:47,645 coming in were that there were men 62 00:02:47,688 --> 00:02:50,778 dressed in black with AR-15s. 63 00:02:50,822 --> 00:02:53,781 - Stephen Woolery joined the Bureau in 1999. 64 00:02:53,824 --> 00:02:56,610 He worked violent crime before becoming ASAC 65 00:02:56,654 --> 00:03:00,005 for the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York. 66 00:03:00,048 --> 00:03:02,312 He was special agent in charge of the counterterrorism 67 00:03:02,355 --> 00:03:05,706 division in Los Angeles. 68 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:08,231 - I then got on the phone with my boss, 69 00:03:08,274 --> 00:03:12,146 and I said, "Hey, activating our critical incident response, 70 00:03:12,191 --> 00:03:16,108 "bomb squad, SWAT, the Joint Terrorism Task Force 71 00:03:16,151 --> 00:03:18,241 so we can get there as quickly as we can." 72 00:03:18,284 --> 00:03:20,634 And he said, "Yep, I'm on my way as well." 73 00:03:20,678 --> 00:03:22,419 - Mike, where were you when you first heard of this incident, 74 00:03:22,462 --> 00:03:24,029 and what's going on? 75 00:03:24,072 --> 00:03:28,512 - So I'm at FBI headquarters, where I spend my day. 76 00:03:28,555 --> 00:03:31,210 - Mike Kortan served as chief of the FBI's 77 00:03:31,254 --> 00:03:33,299 international relations unit in the criminal 78 00:03:33,343 --> 00:03:35,475 investigative division before leading 79 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:37,303 the National Press Office. 80 00:03:37,347 --> 00:03:39,305 He retired as assistant director 81 00:03:39,348 --> 00:03:43,701 of the FBI's Office of Public Affairs in Washington in 2018. 82 00:03:43,744 --> 00:03:45,703 - And I was in between meetings. 83 00:03:45,746 --> 00:03:48,749 And somebody came out of the press office and said, 84 00:03:48,793 --> 00:03:50,838 "Have you seen this thing on TV?" 85 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:55,190 - Police are investigating a report of shots fired 86 00:03:55,234 --> 00:03:57,671 in San Bernardino, California. 87 00:03:57,715 --> 00:04:01,762 At least 20 victims as a result of this shooting. 88 00:04:01,806 --> 00:04:02,937 - The phones start ringing. 89 00:04:02,981 --> 00:04:04,199 It's kind of the old-fashioned way. 90 00:04:04,243 --> 00:04:06,201 [phone rings] 91 00:04:06,245 --> 00:04:08,682 Nobody's emailing or texting; they're calling. 92 00:04:08,726 --> 00:04:10,293 They're calling into my office. 93 00:04:10,336 --> 00:04:12,773 These are the networks, the cables, major newspapers. 94 00:04:12,817 --> 00:04:15,080 Everybody's starting to ask questions. 95 00:04:15,123 --> 00:04:18,038 - As Kortan works the phones in Washington, D.C., 96 00:04:18,083 --> 00:04:20,694 Woolery is en route to the Inland Regional Center 97 00:04:20,738 --> 00:04:22,566 in San Bernardino. 98 00:04:22,609 --> 00:04:24,524 But there's a problem. 99 00:04:24,568 --> 00:04:26,700 [horns honking] 100 00:04:26,744 --> 00:04:29,573 - The level of frustration in the LA traffic 101 00:04:29,616 --> 00:04:32,619 at that moment in time, I don't have words for. 102 00:04:32,663 --> 00:04:35,013 It's West LA in all of its glory. 103 00:04:35,056 --> 00:04:37,276 I activated my Code 3 equipment. 104 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,104 - Did you put the disco strobes on and everything? 105 00:04:39,147 --> 00:04:40,888 - I turned on everything. 106 00:04:40,932 --> 00:04:43,543 It was almost as if everyone had 107 00:04:43,587 --> 00:04:46,067 Code 3 equipment, because no one got out of the way. 108 00:04:46,111 --> 00:04:47,851 - So as you're spending all this quality time 109 00:04:47,895 --> 00:04:50,942 on the highway in bumper-to-bumper traffic, 110 00:04:50,985 --> 00:04:52,247 what are you hearing from the office, 111 00:04:52,291 --> 00:04:53,640 from your assets on the ground? 112 00:04:53,684 --> 00:04:55,990 - A lot of what's happening right now, 113 00:04:56,034 --> 00:04:57,514 to sum it up, it's just chaos. 114 00:04:57,557 --> 00:04:59,167 All I want to do is get there. 115 00:04:59,211 --> 00:05:01,779 I want to see it, I want to hear it, I want to feel it. 116 00:05:01,822 --> 00:05:04,912 - Two hours after the gunfire begins, 117 00:05:04,956 --> 00:05:06,914 Woolery finally makes it to the unified command center 118 00:05:06,958 --> 00:05:09,613 in San Bernardino, where he starts to learn 119 00:05:09,656 --> 00:05:12,485 more about the attack. 120 00:05:12,529 --> 00:05:14,922 - The business of the Inland Regional Center 121 00:05:14,966 --> 00:05:18,317 is to provide clinical psychological counseling, 122 00:05:18,361 --> 00:05:20,232 health care-type services. 123 00:05:20,275 --> 00:05:23,409 It was a Christmas party for the San Bernardino County 124 00:05:23,453 --> 00:05:25,716 Health Inspection Division. 125 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:28,240 Christmas party started around 9:00 or so. 126 00:05:28,283 --> 00:05:31,330 We started getting the calls of an active shooter 127 00:05:31,374 --> 00:05:32,636 at that conference room. 128 00:05:38,990 --> 00:05:41,427 - Initial reports were there were three shooters. 129 00:05:41,471 --> 00:05:43,734 And then as we started actually talking to the witnesses, 130 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:46,084 there were two shooters. 131 00:05:46,127 --> 00:05:48,391 One individual entered the north door 132 00:05:48,434 --> 00:05:52,743 and fired assault rifle rounds indiscriminately at the folks 133 00:05:52,786 --> 00:05:55,789 inside the conference room, and then a second shooter 134 00:05:55,833 --> 00:05:57,530 came in through the south entrance. 135 00:05:57,574 --> 00:06:00,664 They fired what amounts to over 100 rounds 136 00:06:00,707 --> 00:06:04,407 of AR-15 .223-caliber bullets 137 00:06:04,450 --> 00:06:05,973 into the conference room. 138 00:06:10,761 --> 00:06:14,199 - They're shooting, and everyone's running. 139 00:06:14,242 --> 00:06:16,157 They're running in the back. 140 00:06:16,201 --> 00:06:19,813 They're hiding in restrooms, and they're hiding in closets. 141 00:06:19,857 --> 00:06:21,989 - "I'm in a tiny room with a bunch of people. 142 00:06:22,033 --> 00:06:23,338 "We're freaking out. 143 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:24,383 Please pray for us." 144 00:06:24,427 --> 00:06:25,950 - She's so scared. 145 00:06:25,993 --> 00:06:27,430 She kept saying, "I'm so scared right now." 146 00:06:27,473 --> 00:06:28,692 - "Shooting at my work. 147 00:06:28,735 --> 00:06:30,128 "People shot. 148 00:06:30,171 --> 00:06:31,738 In the office waiting for cops." 149 00:06:31,782 --> 00:06:35,438 [sobs] 150 00:06:35,481 --> 00:06:37,396 - The Inland Regional Center-- 151 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,746 it's a campus, so there's three main buildings. 152 00:06:39,790 --> 00:06:42,488 And this campus was very busy. 153 00:06:42,532 --> 00:06:44,272 There's a lot of offices there. 154 00:06:44,316 --> 00:06:46,623 - And at this point, is anybody talking about, who is it? 155 00:06:46,666 --> 00:06:47,711 - Yep. 156 00:06:47,754 --> 00:06:49,190 - What are they saying? 157 00:06:49,234 --> 00:06:50,931 - We start to get some indication of who 158 00:06:50,975 --> 00:06:52,455 one of the shooters could be. 159 00:06:59,462 --> 00:07:02,377 - One of the witnesses inside the conference room 160 00:07:02,421 --> 00:07:07,513 told us that the mannerism and the stature of the shooter 161 00:07:07,557 --> 00:07:11,735 reminded him of the colleague, Syed Rizwan Farook. 162 00:07:13,432 --> 00:07:17,654 He was a health inspector. 163 00:07:17,697 --> 00:07:21,571 He worked with these folks for five years. 164 00:07:21,614 --> 00:07:24,051 It was also noted that Syed Farook 165 00:07:24,095 --> 00:07:26,358 was at the Christmas party. 166 00:07:30,841 --> 00:07:32,407 - Wow. Unbelievable. 167 00:07:32,451 --> 00:07:34,758 - And other witnesses reported that the second shooter 168 00:07:34,801 --> 00:07:36,150 could have been a woman. 169 00:07:36,194 --> 00:07:38,457 The second shooter was of smaller stature. 170 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,546 Her clothing was baggier. 171 00:07:40,590 --> 00:07:42,809 She was just of a smaller build. 172 00:07:43,593 --> 00:07:45,551 And we later learned Farook was married to a woman 173 00:07:45,595 --> 00:07:48,249 named Tashfeen Malik. 174 00:07:48,293 --> 00:07:49,947 - As investigators try to figure out 175 00:07:49,990 --> 00:07:52,036 who the shooters are, they have a more 176 00:07:52,079 --> 00:07:53,907 pressing question to answer-- 177 00:07:53,951 --> 00:07:55,692 where are they? 178 00:07:55,735 --> 00:07:56,997 - The main thing that we're hearing 179 00:07:57,041 --> 00:07:58,869 is that the shooters are on the loose. 180 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:01,088 - Sir, we're being advised that one 181 00:08:01,132 --> 00:08:06,180 suspect fled in a black SUV westbound from the location. 182 00:08:06,224 --> 00:08:08,095 - We don't have an eye on the shooters. 183 00:08:08,139 --> 00:08:09,314 We don't know where they are. 184 00:08:09,357 --> 00:08:11,185 [sirens wailing] 185 00:08:11,229 --> 00:08:12,186 - How did that feel? 186 00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:13,100 - Pretty vulnerable. 187 00:08:15,189 --> 00:08:18,628 Because typically when these types of mass shootings 188 00:08:18,671 --> 00:08:21,282 play out, there's some martyrdom involved, 189 00:08:21,326 --> 00:08:24,155 or there's a confrontation or a shootout. 190 00:08:24,198 --> 00:08:25,591 It was troublesome for me. 191 00:08:25,635 --> 00:08:26,549 It was troublesome for the community. 192 00:08:28,289 --> 00:08:32,163 There were 14 lost souls that were killed, 193 00:08:32,206 --> 00:08:35,166 then there were 22 whose bodies will never be the same. 194 00:08:35,208 --> 00:08:36,601 They were wounded. 195 00:08:36,645 --> 00:08:38,299 - Mike, what's happening at headquarters? 196 00:08:38,342 --> 00:08:39,909 - We're working closely with counterterrorism. 197 00:08:39,952 --> 00:08:41,433 We're on standby. 198 00:08:41,476 --> 00:08:42,608 Is there anything we can put out that will 199 00:08:42,652 --> 00:08:44,217 help advance this thing? 200 00:08:44,262 --> 00:08:46,307 Are we at a point or are we not at a point 201 00:08:46,351 --> 00:08:48,571 where publicizing the description of the vehicle 202 00:08:48,614 --> 00:08:50,877 across the media, would that be helpful? 203 00:08:50,921 --> 00:08:52,313 It's a delicate balance in terms 204 00:08:52,357 --> 00:08:54,533 of what the FBI releases. 205 00:08:54,577 --> 00:08:56,404 One, it's got to be accurate. 206 00:08:56,448 --> 00:08:59,146 Two, it's got to be, you know, helpful to the investigation. 207 00:08:59,190 --> 00:09:01,322 You don't want to do anything that could cause, 208 00:09:01,366 --> 00:09:03,237 you know, the bad guys, as you said, 209 00:09:03,281 --> 00:09:05,413 behave in a particular way they might not otherwise do. 210 00:09:05,457 --> 00:09:08,286 - The suspects have fled potentially 211 00:09:08,329 --> 00:09:09,809 in a dark-colored SUV. 212 00:09:09,853 --> 00:09:11,550 We do not have any identification 213 00:09:11,594 --> 00:09:13,204 on who those suspects are. 214 00:09:13,247 --> 00:09:15,293 We do not know what the motive is for the shooting 215 00:09:15,336 --> 00:09:17,295 at this point. 216 00:09:17,338 --> 00:09:21,995 - News of the fleeing SUV sets off a flurry of calls to 911. 217 00:09:22,039 --> 00:09:24,868 - 911 calls were coming in fast and furious. 218 00:09:24,911 --> 00:09:27,044 But there was one caller in particular. 219 00:09:37,228 --> 00:09:40,884 - This caller was so clear and determined 220 00:09:40,927 --> 00:09:43,626 to share this information that he didn't have to write 221 00:09:43,669 --> 00:09:44,975 down the Utah license plate. 222 00:09:45,018 --> 00:09:46,280 He remembered it from his memory. 223 00:09:46,324 --> 00:09:47,804 - Wow. 224 00:09:47,847 --> 00:09:49,153 - And he was able to share that with us. 225 00:10:06,605 --> 00:10:09,260 - Once you get the license plate, what happens? 226 00:10:09,303 --> 00:10:12,176 - So an analyst takes that information 227 00:10:12,219 --> 00:10:17,660 and runs it in NCIC, and the plate and the vehicle 228 00:10:17,703 --> 00:10:21,707 come back to Enterprise Rental out of Utah. 229 00:10:21,751 --> 00:10:25,450 And the name on the rental was Syed Rizwan Farook. 230 00:10:28,322 --> 00:10:31,282 With that information, along with some of the witness 231 00:10:31,325 --> 00:10:33,197 accounts and a good address, 232 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,678 they go to his home in Redlands. 233 00:10:38,332 --> 00:10:41,205 - Two plainclothes narcotics officers get the call 234 00:10:41,248 --> 00:10:42,989 and are the first ones on the scene. 235 00:10:43,033 --> 00:10:44,382 - They went to the house. 236 00:10:44,425 --> 00:10:46,776 And as they arrived there, they saw 237 00:10:46,819 --> 00:10:50,431 the SUV with that Utah license plate leave the residence. 238 00:10:52,782 --> 00:10:56,220 The narcotics detectives wave down a marked unit, 239 00:10:56,263 --> 00:10:59,266 and it's that marked unit that then gets 240 00:10:59,310 --> 00:11:01,094 behind the suspect vehicle. 241 00:11:01,138 --> 00:11:06,360 And they were hoping to do a much more coordinated stop. 242 00:11:06,404 --> 00:11:09,320 But before they could get all the marked units in place, 243 00:11:09,363 --> 00:11:11,235 she's got an AR-15 rifle, 244 00:11:11,278 --> 00:11:13,498 and she's just spraying marked units. 245 00:11:28,818 --> 00:11:30,820 - Before they could activate their code red equipment, 246 00:11:30,863 --> 00:11:32,647 "shots fired" goes out over the radio. 247 00:11:32,691 --> 00:11:33,823 [sirens wailing] 248 00:11:33,866 --> 00:11:36,434 Rizwan then parks the vehicle. 249 00:11:36,477 --> 00:11:37,957 - Oh, [bleep]. 250 00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:39,480 [gunshots] 251 00:11:39,524 --> 00:11:40,830 Oh my gosh! 252 00:11:40,873 --> 00:11:43,136 - Tashfeen is just indiscriminately 253 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:44,877 firing the AR-15. 254 00:11:44,921 --> 00:11:47,053 - Guys, they're just-- shot out my house right now, 255 00:11:47,097 --> 00:11:48,794 there's cops all over the [bleep] yard. 256 00:11:48,838 --> 00:11:50,230 Holy [bleep]. 257 00:11:50,274 --> 00:11:52,319 - Rizwan then gets out of the car 258 00:11:52,363 --> 00:11:54,800 and starts firing his AR-15. 259 00:11:54,844 --> 00:11:57,324 [gunshots] 260 00:11:57,368 --> 00:11:59,979 - You're in the unified command post while this is going on? 261 00:12:00,023 --> 00:12:01,894 - I'm hearing all this from the radio. 262 00:12:01,938 --> 00:12:05,245 Then I'm on a conference call with the FBI deputy director 263 00:12:05,289 --> 00:12:08,074 and all the FBI deputy director executives, 264 00:12:08,118 --> 00:12:12,600 and I'm describing to them that this is a rolling gunfight. 265 00:12:12,644 --> 00:12:15,081 - Copy, one suspect so far, male in black clothing. 266 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:16,953 He's still firing rounds. 267 00:12:16,996 --> 00:12:19,259 - All this is playing out in the news. 268 00:12:19,303 --> 00:12:20,870 By this time, there's a lot of reporters 269 00:12:20,913 --> 00:12:22,045 out there, a lot of cameras. 270 00:12:22,088 --> 00:12:23,698 - Got multiple officers here. 271 00:12:23,742 --> 00:12:25,526 We got officers running here back eastbound 272 00:12:25,570 --> 00:12:27,050 chasing now on foot. 273 00:12:27,093 --> 00:12:28,442 Look at all those units here. 274 00:12:28,486 --> 00:12:29,835 This is where a suspect is at. 275 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:31,619 - Marked units are responding. 276 00:12:31,663 --> 00:12:35,232 There were a lot of officers that engaged in the shootout. 277 00:12:35,275 --> 00:12:39,758 [gunshots, sirens] 278 00:12:39,802 --> 00:12:44,458 After four minutes, after 400 rounds of gunfire, 279 00:12:44,502 --> 00:12:47,331 Tashfeen is determined to be deceased 280 00:12:47,374 --> 00:12:51,117 as she sat in the back of the SUV. 281 00:12:53,903 --> 00:12:57,776 And then Rizwan had actually exited the SUV, 282 00:12:57,820 --> 00:13:03,042 and he at first used an AR-15 as his choice of weapon. 283 00:13:03,086 --> 00:13:04,870 He became incapacitated. 284 00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:06,741 He then swung the AR-15 away, 285 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:08,265 and he went for his 9-millimeter. 286 00:13:09,962 --> 00:13:12,835 That's when he was struck several times 287 00:13:12,878 --> 00:13:14,314 and succumbed to his wounds. 288 00:13:14,358 --> 00:13:17,448 [sirens wailing] 289 00:13:17,491 --> 00:13:18,928 - Farook opened fire. 290 00:13:18,971 --> 00:13:23,584 He was hit 26 times, his wife 15 times. 291 00:13:23,628 --> 00:13:26,022 - With the shooters taken out by law enforcement, 292 00:13:26,065 --> 00:13:28,851 officers on the scene search the SUV 293 00:13:28,894 --> 00:13:31,766 and make a chilling discovery. 294 00:13:31,810 --> 00:13:35,727 - Inside the vehicle where Tashfeen was located, 295 00:13:35,770 --> 00:13:37,772 there was a remote control device. 296 00:13:37,816 --> 00:13:41,559 [ominous music] 297 00:13:41,602 --> 00:13:43,953 We learned from the FBI SWAT team 298 00:13:43,996 --> 00:13:46,651 there was a bag that was on the table 299 00:13:46,694 --> 00:13:49,436 in the conference room, the scene of the shooting. 300 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,917 And inside that bag, we located three pipe bombs. 301 00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:54,485 ♪ 302 00:13:54,528 --> 00:13:56,879 These three pipe bombs were connected by Christmas 303 00:13:56,922 --> 00:13:58,576 tree lights, wiring. 304 00:13:58,619 --> 00:14:02,188 They asked for our bomb squad to come in and render 305 00:14:02,232 --> 00:14:04,060 the bag and its contents safe. 306 00:14:04,103 --> 00:14:05,235 - And what are you thinking, Steve? 307 00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:07,106 You're like-- 308 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:09,935 - Our thought was that the reason why Rizwan and Tashfeen 309 00:14:09,979 --> 00:14:12,851 were driving around San Bernardino area 310 00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:14,418 was that their intent was to use 311 00:14:14,461 --> 00:14:18,117 that remote control device to detonate 312 00:14:18,161 --> 00:14:21,773 the pipe bombs remotely. 313 00:14:21,816 --> 00:14:24,384 The theory is that a secondary attack is always 314 00:14:24,428 --> 00:14:25,690 meant for first responders. 315 00:14:29,607 --> 00:14:32,175 - Try to relax, everyone. Try to relax. 316 00:14:32,218 --> 00:14:33,785 I'll take a bullet before you do, that's for damn sure. 317 00:14:33,828 --> 00:14:35,265 Just be cool, OK? 318 00:14:35,308 --> 00:14:37,310 - The folks that are coming in to triage 319 00:14:37,354 --> 00:14:40,966 and to get folks out of there to save lives. 320 00:14:42,925 --> 00:14:44,883 The idea is that that secondary attack is 321 00:14:44,927 --> 00:14:48,147 to thwart the saving of lives. 322 00:14:48,191 --> 00:14:51,934 [tense music] 323 00:14:51,977 --> 00:14:53,370 - You're getting this information. 324 00:14:53,413 --> 00:14:55,328 When is the building declared clear and safe 325 00:14:55,372 --> 00:14:57,113 and you're going to get your first look inside? 326 00:14:57,156 --> 00:14:58,201 - We went inside. 327 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:10,430 - The fire alarm was going off. 328 00:15:10,474 --> 00:15:12,519 The smell of gunpowder-- 329 00:15:12,563 --> 00:15:14,130 it was just chaos. 330 00:15:14,173 --> 00:15:16,219 30 years of being in this type of work, 331 00:15:16,262 --> 00:15:18,308 I expected to see carnage. 332 00:15:18,351 --> 00:15:22,921 I expected to see bodies thrown across the room just in, 333 00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:25,445 you know, sort of horrific-- 334 00:15:25,489 --> 00:15:26,620 - Like a human pileup. 335 00:15:26,664 --> 00:15:27,970 - Yeah. 336 00:15:28,013 --> 00:15:29,406 Instead what I saw was-- and it was 337 00:15:29,449 --> 00:15:31,451 mostly because of the water sprinklers 338 00:15:31,495 --> 00:15:33,758 had rinsed away the blood. 339 00:15:33,801 --> 00:15:38,981 [water spraying, alarm beeping] 340 00:15:40,504 --> 00:15:44,769 Those deceased individuals, those victims that were dead-- 341 00:15:44,812 --> 00:15:46,118 it was as if they were sleeping. 342 00:15:48,077 --> 00:15:49,556 There was no blood. 343 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,385 There was no signs of horror or terror. 344 00:15:52,429 --> 00:15:54,953 They just looked like they were sleeping. 345 00:15:58,957 --> 00:16:02,178 - Investigators searched the Farooks' apartment 346 00:16:02,221 --> 00:16:04,354 looking for clues about motives 347 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:06,095 and possible accomplices. 348 00:16:06,138 --> 00:16:08,271 - As you can see behind me, there is police tape. 349 00:16:08,314 --> 00:16:10,055 It is evacuated. 350 00:16:10,099 --> 00:16:12,014 That's because the FBI is processing 351 00:16:12,057 --> 00:16:13,537 the crime scene, which is an apartment 352 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:15,017 where the suspects lived. 353 00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:18,585 Throughout the day, police will be here at the scene 354 00:16:18,629 --> 00:16:20,979 processing the inside of that apartment. 355 00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:23,808 - At the completion of the FBI-led search 356 00:16:23,851 --> 00:16:26,985 of the suspects' residence, which took about 12 hours, 357 00:16:27,029 --> 00:16:29,901 we turn the ownership back to the landlord. 358 00:16:29,944 --> 00:16:31,859 And as it turns out, the landlord 359 00:16:31,903 --> 00:16:34,079 sort of offered tours, if you will, 360 00:16:34,123 --> 00:16:35,820 to all the news organizations. 361 00:16:35,863 --> 00:16:38,605 - It's your first look inside the home of the suspected 362 00:16:38,649 --> 00:16:40,477 San Bernardino terrorists. 363 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:44,133 The patio doors were smashed when the FBI raided the home 364 00:16:44,176 --> 00:16:46,352 on the night of the massacre. 365 00:16:46,396 --> 00:16:48,398 - It got to be-- it was quite a circus. 366 00:16:48,441 --> 00:16:51,836 And some, shall we say, news organizations 367 00:16:51,879 --> 00:16:54,360 were very invasive in their press coverage 368 00:16:54,404 --> 00:16:56,884 looking at, you know, personal mementos, 369 00:16:56,928 --> 00:16:59,278 photos of the children, documents 370 00:16:59,322 --> 00:17:01,237 without really knowing what they were 371 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,674 and exposing that to the world. 372 00:17:03,717 --> 00:17:05,632 - Reporters pushed through the front door 373 00:17:05,676 --> 00:17:08,505 to the two-bedroom apartment revealing their domestic 374 00:17:08,548 --> 00:17:10,550 details live on TV. 375 00:17:10,593 --> 00:17:11,681 - Social Security cards. 376 00:17:11,725 --> 00:17:13,727 - A Quran sitting on a table. 377 00:17:13,771 --> 00:17:18,209 - Bank statements showing a balance of almost $64,000. 378 00:17:18,254 --> 00:17:19,994 - A burrito half-eaten. 379 00:17:20,037 --> 00:17:22,475 - And to depict those kind of images 380 00:17:22,519 --> 00:17:24,173 was really hurtful to many. 381 00:17:24,216 --> 00:17:26,914 - As you guys are unfolding this investigation, 382 00:17:26,958 --> 00:17:30,657 you find out that Farook and his wife, they have a baby. 383 00:17:34,835 --> 00:17:37,708 What kind of evil mindset is willing to let 384 00:17:37,751 --> 00:17:39,840 a baby become an orphan? 385 00:17:39,884 --> 00:17:43,670 - These same colleagues gave him a baby shower. 386 00:17:45,324 --> 00:17:47,544 - So I just want to understand this again. 387 00:17:47,587 --> 00:17:50,677 This individual is attending a Christmas party 388 00:17:50,721 --> 00:17:52,505 with people who care enough about them 389 00:17:52,549 --> 00:17:53,898 to give them a baby shower? 390 00:17:55,029 --> 00:17:56,030 - Yes. 391 00:17:58,381 --> 00:18:01,166 - Syed Farook's colleagues had no idea 392 00:18:01,210 --> 00:18:03,603 he was hiding a dark secret. 393 00:18:03,647 --> 00:18:06,824 - Syed, though, he had demonstrated 394 00:18:06,867 --> 00:18:08,956 anti-U.S. grievances, 395 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,699 these Islamist extremist ideology for years. 396 00:18:12,743 --> 00:18:15,615 And in fact, he looked for a wife 397 00:18:15,659 --> 00:18:19,053 that was as devout or more devout 398 00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:23,057 than he was in his extremist ideology 399 00:18:23,101 --> 00:18:27,714 that could partner with him to carry out what happened. 400 00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:30,064 He traveled to Saudi Arabia. 401 00:18:31,196 --> 00:18:35,069 He was introduced to Tashfeen online. 402 00:18:35,113 --> 00:18:37,855 Once he married her, he brought her back 403 00:18:37,898 --> 00:18:41,163 and brought her into his family. 404 00:18:41,206 --> 00:18:43,556 She was so devout that she was fully covered. 405 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,124 And it was a week before the shooting 406 00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:50,259 is when they had dinner, and she was no longer covered. 407 00:18:50,302 --> 00:18:51,999 They were really meeting her for the first time. 408 00:18:52,043 --> 00:18:53,349 - Wow. 409 00:18:53,392 --> 00:18:55,177 - Sources tell CBS 2 the suspects 410 00:18:55,220 --> 00:18:56,874 were married for two years. 411 00:18:56,917 --> 00:18:58,615 Here's what we know about Farook. 412 00:18:58,658 --> 00:19:00,182 He's 28 years old. 413 00:19:00,225 --> 00:19:01,748 He was born in the United States, 414 00:19:01,792 --> 00:19:03,663 and he worked as an environmental health 415 00:19:03,707 --> 00:19:05,448 specialist with the San Bernardino 416 00:19:05,491 --> 00:19:06,753 County Health Department. 417 00:19:06,797 --> 00:19:09,016 He was employed with them for five years 418 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:12,455 and most recently working as a swimming pool inspector. 419 00:19:14,283 --> 00:19:16,067 - The folks that worked with him knew 420 00:19:16,110 --> 00:19:18,548 that he was a devout Muslim. 421 00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:22,378 And we later learned that he just abhorred Christmas 422 00:19:22,421 --> 00:19:24,380 parties and thought that, you know, 423 00:19:24,423 --> 00:19:26,425 only infidels attend Christmas parties. 424 00:19:26,469 --> 00:19:28,340 - Hmm. 425 00:19:28,384 --> 00:19:31,169 - Investigators believe the couple was inspired by ISIS 426 00:19:31,213 --> 00:19:33,084 to carry out the attack. 427 00:19:33,127 --> 00:19:35,042 They found online statements that Malik had written a year 428 00:19:35,086 --> 00:19:36,957 before the shooting, when Farook had 429 00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:39,177 been required to go to a similar holiday 430 00:19:39,221 --> 00:19:40,831 event with his coworkers. 431 00:19:40,874 --> 00:19:44,095 - Was upset about him having to participate 432 00:19:44,138 --> 00:19:47,141 in an event of that nature, and that Muslims 433 00:19:47,185 --> 00:19:49,666 should not participate in what are predominantly 434 00:19:49,709 --> 00:19:51,276 Christian events. 435 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:08,554 [applause] 436 00:20:19,565 --> 00:20:21,654 - That's unbelievable, the loss. 437 00:20:21,698 --> 00:20:22,960 - Yeah. 438 00:20:23,003 --> 00:20:24,657 - Wow. 439 00:20:24,701 --> 00:20:29,183 - All I could do in the shower that night was cry. 440 00:20:30,837 --> 00:20:32,883 That's all I could do. 441 00:20:32,926 --> 00:20:35,320 It just impacted me in a way that it 442 00:20:35,364 --> 00:20:37,583 really-- you start to understand 443 00:20:37,627 --> 00:20:38,976 post-traumatic stress disorder. 444 00:20:42,371 --> 00:20:45,374 The San Bernardino newspaper, the front page, 445 00:20:45,417 --> 00:20:49,203 they had all the pictures of the 14 individuals 446 00:20:49,247 --> 00:20:52,076 that were killed on December 2nd. 447 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,296 I just sort of look at that, like, 448 00:20:54,339 --> 00:20:58,300 14 souls were taken from us. 449 00:20:58,343 --> 00:21:02,956 I laminated that front page so that I could see it every day, 450 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,483 and it would help me and remind me-- 451 00:21:07,526 --> 00:21:10,877 I'll never forget. 452 00:21:10,921 --> 00:21:12,444 - How did this change that community? 453 00:21:12,488 --> 00:21:14,054 - There's always this feeling when 454 00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:15,360 something like this happens in a-- you know, 455 00:21:15,404 --> 00:21:17,231 a small community. 456 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:19,495 There's this sense that nothing like that would happen here. 457 00:21:19,538 --> 00:21:22,585 How could this happen in San Bernardino, California? 458 00:21:22,628 --> 00:21:25,936 The reality is that no community, no city, 459 00:21:25,979 --> 00:21:28,678 no place is immune from this type of violence. 460 00:21:30,636 --> 00:21:33,247 - It was a devastating event. 461 00:21:33,291 --> 00:21:35,424 The way it was projected across this country 462 00:21:35,467 --> 00:21:37,339 and around the world, it brought attention 463 00:21:37,382 --> 00:21:39,906 to mass shootings, it brought attention to the challenges, 464 00:21:39,950 --> 00:21:41,691 I think, of keeping this country safe. 465 00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:43,606 So I think it was something that-- 466 00:21:43,649 --> 00:21:46,957 it will always stay with us in a very, very important way. 467 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,090 It's why we do what we do. 468 00:21:50,134 --> 00:21:53,050 [somber piano music] 469 00:21:53,093 --> 00:22:00,013 ♪