Father receives text from daughter: 'People shot'

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Father receives text from daughter: 'People shot'
A father said he received a text message from his daughter, who works at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, that gunmen were in her building and that she and some co-workers were hiding.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- Terry Pettit said he received a text message from his daughter, telling him that gunmen were in her building and that she and some co-workers were hiding. She said there were 10 to 20 people shot.

The active shooting took place at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, a nonprofit that works with individuals with developmental disabilities, at 1365 S. Waterman Avenue.

He says she wrote: "People shot. In the office waiting for cops. Pray for us. I am locked in an office."

Up to 14 people were killed and 14 others injured when at least three gunmen opened fire inside the social services facility.

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