Police name Tashfeen Malik as second San Bernardino shooting suspect

Police officers near the home linked to the San Bernardino shooting suspects.
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San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan identified the second suspect in Wednesday's deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino as Tashfeen Malik, 27.

Police said there are reports Malik was in a relationship with the other suspect named earlier, Syed Farook, 28. Both were killed during a police shootout Wednesday afternoon in San Bernardino, after a short pursuit starting in the nearby city of Redlands. Police, ATF, and FBI agents are now searching a home in Redlands that is connected to Farook; Burguan said there are multiple addresses listed for both Malik and Farook, and authorities are not sure if they lived in the home.

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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.