Sources name one of the San Bernardino shooting suspects as Syed Farook

Police officers outside the Inland Regional Center.
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One of the suspects in Wednesday's fatal San Bernardino shooting has been identified by law enforcement sources as Syed Farook.

Two additional law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that the suspect was an American citizen; they did not give the suspect's name. Public records show a Syed R. Farook as an environmental health specialist for San Bernardino County, but it is not yet known if this is the same person linked to the mass shooting, which took place at a holiday luncheon for the county's public health department.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.