San Bernardino shooting: At least 14 dead

                                  

Police are searching for up to three gunmen who killed at least 14 people at a social services centre in San Bernardino, California.

Officers said there were also 14 wounded in the attack at the Inland Regional Center, which helps adults with disabilities.

The gunmen, in military-style clothing, entered the building and opened fire before fleeing in a black SUV.

Witnesses said people locked themselves in offices as the gunfire rang out.

The attack took place in a conference area where the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health was holding a social event, said Maybeth Field, the centre's president.

FBI officials said they do not yet know if it was a terrorist attack but local police said it might have been domestic terrorism.

One man received a text from his daughter that said she was hiding inside the building, where she works.

Terry Petit told reporters his daughter wrote to him: "People shot. In the office waiting for cops. Pray for us. I am locked in an office."

The father of a woman trapped in the building talks about the text he received

President Barack Obama has responded to the shooting.

"One thing we do know is that we have a pattern of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere in the world," he said.

"There are some steps that we could take, not to eliminate all incidents, but to make sure they happen less frequently."

A local reporter tweeted that people were being evacuated from the Inland Regional Center, a medical and health organisation.

The organisation administers help to people with disabilities like autism and other mental health problems.

Source: BBC News