On December 2 , 2015 , in the 2015 San Bernardino attack , 14 people were killed and 22 were injured in a mass shooting at a workplace Christmas party at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino , California . Both a workplace shooting and a terrorist attack , the incident was perpetrated by Rizwan Farook , a healthcare worker who was employed at the facility , and his wife Tashfeen Malik . The pair were U.S. citizens of Pakistani descent who had become radicalized and had expressed a commitment to jihadism prior to the attack . The attack also included an attempted bombing . Four hours after the attack , the perpetrators were killed by police in a shootout that left two officers injured
2015 San Bernardino attack
2015 San Bernardino attack
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