<p>Police are still trying to discover what prompted Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik to shoot up a holiday party this Wednesday in San Bernardino, California. The couple killed 14 and seriously wounded 21 before dying in a shootout with local police. ;While many suspect the killings were the result of a work dispute, authorities are searching for a potential link to terrorism.</p>
<p>According to coworkers, Farook visited Saudi Arabia earlier this year and returned with Malik, his wife or fiancé;e whom he had met online. Farook, who worked as an environmental inspector for the county&rsquo;s health department, took his wife with him to a holiday office party on Wednesday. ;Fellow inspector Patrick Baccari, who was luckily using the restroom when the attack took place, described the scene:</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting pelted by shrapnel coming through the walls. We hit the ground.&rdquo; About five minutes later he looked into the mirror and noticed he was bleeding. &ldquo;If I hadn&rsquo;t been in the bathroom, I&rsquo;d probably be laying dead on the floor.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>The couple left their six-month-old daughter with Farook&rsquo;s mother that morning, telling her they had a doctor&rsquo;s appointment. After hearing the news, family members were worried that Farook may have been injured. ;The family didn&rsquo;t realize what happened until they were approached and questioned by police later that day. Hussam Ayloush, who works as executive director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, explained, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know the motives. Is it work, race-relatd, is it mental illness, is it extreme ideaology? At this point, it&rsquo;s really unknown to us and at this point it&rsquo;s too soon to speculate.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Surviving coworkers were shocked when they realized who the gunmen had been. Farook was described as &ldquo;well liked,&rdquo; &ldquo;reserved, &ldquo;quiet,&rdquo; and &ldquo;polite.&rdquo; He was a devout Muslim, but did not often discuss religion at work. ;&ldquo;He never struck me as a fanatic, he never struck me as suspicious,&rdquo; said coworker Griselda Reisinger. ;</p>
<p>Patrick Baccari, who had worked in the same cubicle with Farook, said the couple had a new baby and seemed to be &ldquo;living the American dream.&rdquo;</p>
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