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$28.5K Deposited Into California Shooter's Account

The FBI is investigating the mid-November deposit

(Newser) - The FBI is investigating a deposit of $28,500 made into Syed Farook's bank account approximately two weeks before he and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino, Fox News reports. The deposit came from Utah's WebBank.com, which describes itself...

Shooter's Dad: He Was 'Obsessed With Israel'

FBI seems more interested in Farook's mother

(Newser) - Syed Rizwan Farook supported ISIS and was obsessed with Israel, his father told Italian newspaper La Stampa in a frank interview that has apparently now been retracted. The elder Farook said his son had been a good, studious boy, but too shy and conservative in his views, and fixated on...

Obama Made an Error in Oval Office Speech

He misspoke on how San Bernardino shooting suspect entered the US

(Newser) - In his Sunday night Oval Office address , President Obama may not have covered much new ground on overcoming terrorism, but he did note that he's seeking answers about how San Bernardino shooting suspect Tashfeen Malik ended up in the US. "I've ordered the departments of State and...

ISIS: San Bernardino Shooters Were 'Supporters'

Feds taking second look at Malik's visa application

(Newser) - ISIS is now claiming Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook as supporters—but apparently not ones it had been aware of. In a statement on ISIS radio Saturday, the group praised the San Bernardino shootings, saying they had been carried out by "two supporters of the Islamic State,"...

San Bernardino Shooting Now a Terror Investigation

FBI says evidence is adding up

(Newser) - It's now officially a terror investigation: The FBI announced Friday that an increasing amount of evidence suggests that Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik engaged in an "act of terrorism" as opposed to some kind of workplace dispute in San Bernardino. One element of that is the revelation...

Female San Bernardino Shooter Praised ISIS Online

Authorities say Tashfeen Malik pledged allegiance to Islamic State

(Newser) - Authorities say the woman who took part in this week's mass shooting in San Bernardino had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State online. The details of what Tashfeen Malik wrote and when she wrote it are still developing, but NBC News quotes a source as saying that she posted...

ATF: San Bernardino Rifles Were Legal—at First

Weapons used by San Bernardino shooters altered for more power after purchase

(Newser) - The weapons used by the San Bernardino shooters may have been legally obtained , but that doesn't mean they remained legal under California law. The two .223-caliber semiautomatic weapons and two 9mm pistols said to have been carried by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik in Wednesday's attack were...

Shooter's Brother Is Decorated Navy Vet

The other Syed Farook was wrongly identified as gunman

(Newser) - Whatever San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizman Farook's problem was, it wasn't the result of his upbringing, if his brother is anything to go by. The brother, whose name is Syed Raheel Farook, was falsely identified as the gunman by some media outlets because the names are so similar,...

San Bernardino Shooters Had 'Veritable Armory' in Home

Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik's residence held a dozen pipe bombs

(Newser) - As details come into focus regarding the rampage in San Bernardino, police are making one thing clear: This was not a typical one-off workplace shooting. Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, "were equipped ... and they could have done another attack," San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan...

Bits of Shooting Suspects' Lives Found Online

Purported baby registry, dating profiles surface

(Newser) - Initial reports about San Bernardino shooting suspects Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik presented them as a couple living the American dream . And, like your typical Americans, the pair may have left bits of their life online. The two reportedly dropped their 6-month-old daughter off with Farook's mother before...

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