According to one former FBI profiler, the mass shooting that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, Calif., appears less like a case of workplace violence, than a carefully planned attack.
Wednesday鈥檚 shooting at a social services centre for the disabled involved a 鈥渢remendous amount of planning鈥� and a 鈥渧ery distinct exit plan,鈥� Mary Ellen O鈥橳oole told 愛污传媒 Channel Thursday.
San Bernardino police have identified the shooters as Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife or fiancee Tashfeen Malik, 27. The couple fled the scene, but were later killed in a shootout with police
The FBI is still investigating possible motives for the shooting, including workplace violence and terrorism. The shooters targeted an employee banquet hosted by county health officials. Farook, who worked as a restaurant inspector, was at the event before the shooting, authorities said.
But O鈥橳oole said she does not believe reports that a workplace fight or disagreement may have caused Farook to 鈥渟nap鈥� and return to the banquet with Malik and guns.
The information released by authorities so far suggests that the case is 鈥渕oving further and further away from workplace violence,鈥� she said.
that there may have been "mixed motives" behind the shooting.
"It is possible that this was terrorist-related, but we don't know. It's also possible this was workplace-related," Obama said after meeting with national security advisers.
鈥淭he entire crime is extremely callous and it鈥檚 very cold-blooded,鈥� O鈥橳oole said. She believes that the couple 鈥渨anted to leave that crime scene鈥� and cause more damage elsewhere.
It sounds like the shooters were 鈥渃ool, calm and collected,鈥� which suggests they had 鈥減sychopathic personalities,鈥� without empathy or compassion, O鈥橳oole said.
San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said Wednesday that the shooters 鈥渃ame prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission.鈥�
With files from The Associated Press
