SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — San Bernardino Fire Department units were responding to a report of a “20-victim shooting” on Wednesday, according to KTLA.
The incident was reported in the 1300 block of South Waterman Avenue, the Fire Department tweeted shortly before 11:15 a.m.
Authorities said the situation is unfolding at the Inland Regional Center, a nonprofit that works with individuals with developmental disabilities, ABC7 reported.
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There were possibly one to three shooters, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department tweeted. They were described as wearing ski masks.
There are reports of a possible bomb — bomb technicians have arrived on scene.
Marcos Aguilera’s wife was in the building when the gunfire erupted, ABC7 reported. He told ABC7 a shooter entered the building next to his wife’s office and opened fire.
“They locked themselves in her office. They seen bodies on the floor,” Aguilera said, adding that his wife saw ambulances taking people out of the building on stretchers.
A spokeswoman from Loma Linda University Medical Center told CNN they were expecting number of patients from the shooting.
Nearly 670 staff members provide services to 30,200 people with developmental disabilities and their families in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, according to the center’s Facebook page.
Dave Hall, whose daughter goes to the facility, told KTLA that the center is used by those with mild to severe autism.
“Who would think of such a thing to make an attack at that kind of facility?” Hall said.
San Bernardino is a city of just over 200,000 people located 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
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