Syed Farook identified as one of the San Bernadino massacre suspects.

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12.02.159:26 PM ET The Daily Beast  Written by Katie Zavads

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Suspect ID'd in San Bernardino Massacre as Syed Farook

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Syed Farook is one of three suspected gunmen who attacked a center for the disabled, killing 14 and injuring more on Wednesday.

CORONA, California — Law enforcement officials have identified Syed Farook as one of the suspected shooters who attacked a center for the disabled in San Bernardino, California. The Daily Beast has learned that the police have raided a Redlands, California home—a home that belongs to the Farook family, according to public records.

"I just cannot express how sad I am for what happened today," Farhan Khan, Farook's brother-in-law said at a press conference Wednesday night. "I am in shock myself."

"My condolences to those who lost their life. I am very sad that people lost their life and there are victims out there. I wish speedy recovery to them," he added.

Police pursued a car leaving from the Redlands address, Chief Jarrod Baraugan said at a Wednesday evening press conference. A male and a female suspect were inside the car, and both of them have been killed. Both of the suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns, Baraugan said. Police have apprehended a third man, but have not identified his relation to the attacks yet.

An eyewitness at the Inland Regional Center, where gunmen killed 14 and wounded at least 18 more, told police he saw a man leaving a meeting of county employees this morning, looking nervous. Police officers named Syed Farook as that man in their radio communications. At approximately 11 a.m., at least two people entered the center and opened fire. 

According to a LinkedIn profile, a Syed Raheel Farook was employeed as a business taxes representative for the California State Board of Equalization. This man—who went by his middle name, Raheel—is a 2003 graduate La Sierra High School, and most recently studied finance at California State University Fullerton until 2013. 

A public records search indicates that Syed Raheel Farook's mother lives at the Redlands home raided by the police on Wednesday.

(As the Los Angeles Times notes, a Syed R. Farook was employed as an environmental health specialist by the San Bernardino County Health department. CNN reported late Wednesday that a health specialist is the suspect in the case. However, that individual shows no apparent connection to the Redlands address searched by law enforcement.)  

Records show Sayed Raheel Farook bought a two-bedroom Corona home in March 2014. Farook’s social media profile shows he is married and has at least one young child. His wife did not return messages left on Wednesday.

Farhan Khan and Syed Raheel Farook. Khan is the brother in law of Farook. (Facebook)

The Daily Beast knocked on the home’s door and was met by a man who said, “My name is Farook.” When asked if he knew Sayed, the man said, “Of course I know him, but I have nothing to say.” When asked about Syed being named as a suspect, he said, “I have nothing to say.”

Behind Farook was a brightly lit home with low-slung sectional couches and boxes for appliances. The smell of basmati rice cooking came wafting through the door. A set of women’s sandals sat outside of the security door.

Five minutes after he answered the door, Farook got into a white car and drove away, answering questions again with, “I have nothing to say.”

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Syed Farook is the name of one of the San Bernardino shooting suspects, reports NBC News. The publication reports that Syed and a man believed to be Farook’s brother are the two males involved in the tragic shooting. Along with Syed and Farook’s brother was a woman — but her name hasn’t been released at this time. The Daily Beast has published a photo of the man they say is Syed Farook.

10:07 PM - 2 Dec 2015

The Daily Beast

Suspect ID'd in San Bernardino Massacre as Syed Farook

Syed Farook is one of three suspected gunmen who attacked a center ...

 

According to the Daily Beast, Syed also went by “Raheel Farook,” as seen on LinkedIn and Farook’s Facebook page, with plenty of photos of Syed.

According to the New York Daily News, Syed was very much into his faith, with Farook leaving work to pray and returning.

“He was very religious. He would go to work, come back, go to pray, come back. He’s Muslim.”

Plenty of online websites list Syed Farook as an employee of San Bernardino County. There’s a “Farook, Syed R” listed as an Environmental Health Spec I on Transparent California. It is unknown if this is the same Farook ID’d as the San Bernardino shooter, but the 2013 salary listed shows a total salary with benefits and gross pay at more than $70,000 for that year, including overtime pay. Similar information is found for the Environmental Health Specialist on a California Salary Database site for Farook, except the benefits amount isn’t included.

Regular pay:	$51,746.66
Overtime pay:	$430.91
Other pay:	$600.00
Total pay:	$52,777.57
Total benefits:	$18,452.84
Total pay & benefits:	$71,230.41

There are several people named Syed with the last name Farook on Been Verified, listing various ages and locales, with some of those locations representing the fact that Syed lived in cities in California.

There is also a “Syed R. Farook” listed with the San Bernardino County state employees website with the 2012 salary comparable to the 2013 salary, with a bump up in total pay that hit nearly $60,000 for the year of 2012 in comparison to 2013’s total income. On the same site, a “Syed R. Farook” is listed as a Business Taxes Representative for the State of California in 2013 — with 2012 and 2013 being the only years of pay history shown on the site for Farook.

Type of Compensation	Amount
Base Salary	$45,128
Other Pay	$2,427
Benefits Pay	$10,598
Total Pay	$58,264

As expected on social media, the origin of the name Syed and the ethnic-sounding Farook surname is causing a wide amount of comments on Twitter about the suspect’s reported name. As a result, multiple reports about Farook potentially shooting at a holiday party in a California conference room in the Inland Regional Center, as reported by NBC News, has caused confusion. The unresolved situation has various reports saying Syed might have initially arrived at the gathering and got into some sort of altercation. Other reports say Farook came prepared and dressed for battle, so these details seem to be conflicting.

As reported by Heavy, Syed may have indeed attended the holiday party, but Farook reportedly left angrily and returned later.

Syed might have left the party, reports the New York Times, with witnesses saying Farook likely returned with Syed’s face covered — and the other gunman’s face covered, potentially Farook’s brother. The voice of Syed, however, sounded like Farook, said the witness.

“Investigators believe there were three gunmen and one of them had worked at the facility and recently had a dispute with fellow employees, according to law enforcement officials. A witness has told police that although the gunmen had their faces covered, one of them sounded and appeared very similar to an employee who had left the facility earlier in the day.”

The media is currently waffling over calling the military-style shooting with long guns and AR15s or AK-47 guns and IEDs and explosives a workplace violence event or a terrorism event. The shooting rampage took the lives of at least 14 people on Wednesday, December 2. What’s unusual is that a woman purportedly joined the Farook brothers in the shooting incident.

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