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Police in San Bernardino, California are responding to reports of an active shooter in an office building. There are 20 victims, according to the fire department. The location is around the corner from a Planned Parenthood.

The San Bernardino Sheriff's Office is urging the public to avoid the area of Orange Show Road, South Waterman Avenue and Park Center Circle.

The San Bernardino Fire Department has confirmed the presence of an active shooter near Park Center. SWAT teams have been deployed to the scene.


Live feed from the location shows many injured people being helped by emergency services.

Along with San Bernardino police officers, the California Highway Patrol, FBI and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are on the scene.

People are leaving the building where the suspected shooter or shooters are located.

Witnesses told police that the shooters were wearing ski masks, KABC reported.


People who have evacuated the building will be transported away from the scene in school buses, police said on the scanner.



Firefighters are now setting up a triage center to assist the victims shot in the mass casualty incident, KNBC reported.

Police have found multiple "devices" in the building, according to scanner traffic.


Law enforcement agents are working to evacuate people from the Inland Regional Center, Doug Saunders tweeted.

There are 12 fatalities so far, sources told KABC.

Relatives of the people who are in the area have been arriving to the scene.

"Someone had come in and started shooting, and they ran into the office and she's hiding with some other people. Our daughter is in there and she's hiding.She sent texts, " said one of the witnesses to CNN.
"She said, 'shooting at my work, people shot, in the office waiting for cops. Pray for us. I am locked in an office.'"

20 ambulances have left shooting scene so far, with local hospitals expecting unknown number of patients.


The San Bernardino PD's SWAT team was training nearby when the call came in of multiple shots fired just before 11 a.m. local time, Lieutenant Richard Lawhead told KTLA. They were already suited up and "ready to roll," allowing for a rapid response time.

It is unclear if the scene at Inland is still active, police sources have told KABC.


Inland Regional Center is a nonprofit organization that works with individuals with developmental disabilities. It has nearly 670 staff members who provide services to more than 30,200 people with disabilities and their families in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, its Facebook page said.

Last Friday a shooter killed three and injured nine people at Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.

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