Investigators believe argument at holiday party may have sparked San Bernardino shooting

Survivors leave the office building in San Bernardino.
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Federal law enforcement officials said a dispute at a holiday party could have prompted the shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed at least 14 people and left 17 injured Wednesday morning.

A senior official told the Los Angeles Times investigators believe one of the shooters got into an argument at the party, then left and came back with one or two armed companions. The shooting took place in a conference room at the Inland Regional Center, which serves developmentally disabled children and adults in the community.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.