Police confirm that people have died in the shooting at a Southern California social services center.
San Bernardino police Sgt Vicki Cervantes told KCBS-TV yesterday that "there are multiple casualties and there are some confirmed fatalities." She says she doesn't have specific numbers.
She told the television station that it appears there was more than one shooter. She believes they were wearing "military-style" attire.
Authorities say multiple people were shot at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino. Police were searching for one or more gunmen.
The president and CEO of the Southern California social services center where gunfire has erupted says the focus is on a building that houses at least 25 employees as well as a library and conference center.
Marybeth Feild of the Inland Regional Center says "the incident is in the conference area" that an outside group was renting. She says she is not at the center, which serves people with developmental disabilities and does not know what outside group rented the center.
Feild says people served by the center also would have been in the building, which is in San Bernardino, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
President Barack Obama has been brought up to date on the shooting at a Southern California social services center.
The White House says he was briefed by his homeland security adviser, Lisa Monaco, and has asked to be kept informed as the situation develops.
