San Bernardino shooting officially being investigated as an 'act of terrorism'

David Bowdich speaks at an FBI press conference about the San Bernardino shooting,
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The San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 people and injured 21 more is now officially being investigated as an "act of terrorism," the FBI announced during a Friday press conference. The news comes shortly after officials reportedly found evidence that one of the suspected shooters, Tashfeen Malik, had pledged allegiance to ISIS in a Facebook post made during the shooting, in which she and her husband Syed Farook allegedly opened fire in a conference room at Inland Regional Center before they died in a shootout with the police.

The FBI added that it found broken cell phones in a trash can near the scene, and that the suspects attempted to destroy digital fingerprints.

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