Details have surfaced on the suspects and victims of Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which left 14 people dead and 21 wounded.

Here is what we know so far:

The shooters:

Syed Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik have been named the shooters of the attack at the Inland Regional Centre, which was hosting the San Bernardino public health department Christmas party on Wednesday. Farook and Malik were both killed in a following gunfight with authorities after they attempted to flee in a dark SUV.

Farook, 28, was an inspector with the public health department who married Malik, 27, after travelling to Saudi Arabia last year. Both were of Pakistani heritage. The couple had apparently met online and Malik returned to the US with Farook on a fiance visa. The couple have a six month year old child who they reportedly left with Farook’s mother before the shooting.

A third individual was detained by police but has yet to be confirmed as involved in the shooting.

The motive:

Authorities are still working to uncover the motive behind the shooting. Initial reports suggested Farook, who was in attendance at the Christmas party, had left disgruntled and returned with Malik to carry out the attack. Farook and Malik were both heavily armed when they opened fire, which could suggest the attack had been pre planned, rather than caused by a aggravated workplace incident. The couple carried out the shooting with four firearms and had thousands of rounds and a dozen improvised explosives, which included a remote controlled bomb, at the scene. Local authorities have since found a bag of pipe-bombs and explosive making tools after raiding Farook and Malik’s residence.

Officials are investigating claims Farook had been in contact with extremists known to the FBI via social media.

The victims:

The San Bernardino County Coroner Office has released the names of the 14 deceased victims from the shooting.

They are:

Shannon Johnson, 45, Los Angeles (DOB: 03/06/70)

Bennetta Bet-Badal, 46, Rialto (DOB: 03/08/69)

Aurora Godoy, 26, San Jacinto (DOB: 02/01/89)

Isaac Amanios, 60, Fontana (DOB: 06/29/55)

Larry Kaufman, 42, Rialto (DOB: 08/12/73)

Harry Bowman, 46, Upland (DOB: 06/08/69)

Yvette Velasco, 27, Fontana (DOB: 04/03/88)

Sierra Clayborn, 27, Moreno Valley (DOB: 06/15/88)

Robert Adams, 40, Yucaipa (DOB: 05/02/75)

Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, Colton (DOB: 10/14/63)

Tin Nguyen, 31, Santa Ana (DOB: 04/06/84)

Juan Espinoza, 50, Highland (DOB: 06/24/65)

Damian Meins, 58, Riverside (DOB: 02/02/57)

Michael Wetzel, 37, Lake Arrowhead (DOB: 04/29/78)

San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon stated, “This shooting has caused each victim's family, friends and co-workers, along with the first responders, to suffer an enormous personal tragedy. We must stand strong and offer support to each individual affected by this senseless attack”

Twenty-one people remain injured from the attack.

Senate response to gun control:

The incident has again sparked America’s gun law debate after it emerged the weapons used by Farook and Malik were purchased legally. In the wake of the attack, the Senate voted against two gun control measures. Attempts to introduce expanded background checks and banning people on no-fly lists from purchasing firearms were both unsuccessful.

In an interview with CBS news, President Obama said, “we have a pattern of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.” It was the seventeenth time in his Presidency that Obama has had to comment in the aftermath of a mass shooting.

The attack in San Bernardino on Wednesday came only a week after three people were killed during a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.

The incident in San Bernardino was the 355th mass shooting in America this year and the deadliest since 27 people were killed in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012.

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