I know we have bees there. I pray that you and your loved ones are all safe. 
ETA: I really hope this doesn't become a controversial/debate thread. I really just want it to be supportive of the folks that are in the middle of this tragedy now.
I hope that our first response isn't to point our fingers at others, but that our first response can be to mourn with and care for those who are suffering.
pineapple / 12802 posts
Does anyone know why they would target this building? It doesn't seem like a controversial place/building.
pomelo / 5257 posts
@ms.line: Me too. I'm reading up to TWENTY people possibly shot? When do we say enough is enough? I'm hoping that turns out to be wrong, it's always so hard to tell what's really going on in the initial minutes and even hours. But regardless. Ugh.
@.twist.: as far as I can tell, it's an organization that helps people with developmental disorders -- I can't imagine what's controversial about that either. Although after a gunman targeted a bunch of kindergarteners and first-graders, nothing really surprises me anymore 
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
These mass shootings are happening so frequently these days. It's scary that that many people are resorting to this kind of violence.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
@MaryM: Any more info? I haven't heard what has happened there.
pineapple / 12802 posts
@Boogs: they believe 3 to be dead. 20 possible injuries. the suspects have escaped (?) and are being looked for.
pomelo / 5129 posts
@Boogs: Details are still coming out so it's hard to tell, but they suspect multiple shooters (and at least one may still be on the loose) and up to 20 injured, several killed. Centered on a center for people with developmental disabilities.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
So sad 
DD goes to a daycare that's within a disability center for children too. I can't, for the life of me, understand why there
coconut / 8234 posts
These poor people. I can't even fathom why a place like this was targeted. This makes me so scared.
I think I saw something that said we have had more mass shootings in 2015 than days of the year. I think everyone can agree that something's got to give.
grapefruit / 4321 posts
The shooting occurred in a conference room at the facility, and the conference room was rented to an outside group (which has not yet been identified).
pineapple / 12802 posts
@Truth Bombs: That could make more sense then, if it were an event of some sort. Ugh.
pomelo / 5257 posts
I just got an update that says police are estimating "at least 14 dead and more than a dozen wounded." There are no words...
kiwi / 556 posts
This is not the world I want my daughter to grow up in! I remember being a kid when Columbine happened- I can still recall being home and watching about it on TV. There are so many shootings happening now that none stick out in my memory anymore. It's so sad.
pomegranate / 3643 posts
Looks like it was the county public health department's holiday party.
I think it's so surreal that we are waiting to hear what kind of people did this so people can either blame terrorism, or if it was a white guy say "oh, we should do something about mental illness, not guns!" and then not do anything about mental illness either. I'm so effing sick of this. I don't want to raise my kids in a country like this.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
I was thinking earlier about how wrong it is that I wasn't even stunned when I saw the headline, just disgusted and sad. It is becoming the norm in the U.S. And that is scary.
pomelo / 5257 posts
@jedeve: Right? I hate when people say, "it's about mental illness not guns!" Umm, it can actually be about at least two things at the same time. Possibly even more.
grapefruit / 4045 posts
I just saw 14 dead and 14 injured. And with possibly 3 suspects working together, I don't tend to think mental illness right away.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
So sad.
As far as the guns go, it doesn't sound like they are thinking anything even close to legal here was used in this.
pomelo / 5257 posts
@2littlepumpkins: I haven't heard anything about the weapons in this particular incident yet. Regardless, the majority of mass shooters' guns are purchased legally, or because sellers fail to do their due diligence required by law: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html?_r=0
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
@2littlepumpkins: all they said was they were "long guns". I can't see how they could know if they were legal or not.
pear / 1946 posts
The building was the Inland Regional Center, which is where you go to get Early Intervention services such as Speech, OT, or PT for babies aged 0-3. And they probably offer other services as well. I used to do early intervention PT and have worked with other Regional Centers around LA, but not that one. So sad and scary.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
@travellingbee: When I said it "sounded like" I didn't mean I know for sure, what I meant was CNN sounded like. I personally am skeptical, but the reporter mentioned 700 rounds per minute..which would only be legal if they were owned from pre 1980something, according to dh. Definitely not legal to buy now. Just thought it was worth the mention... eta, they're also saying it's a yukon, when the person who said it was like a yukon corrected themselves..so I think any info right now isn't that reliable. 
eggplant / 11824 posts
@jedeve: so much yes. Kind of like the memes about helping homeless vets over refugees. Except that that doesn't happen either.
grapefruit / 4418 posts
@jedeve: yep, this! Why does it matter what the label is?! Innocent people were shot dead and something needs to be done about it already! I'm so sick of having the se
Conversations and debates over and over again with no action to even try and make anything better! This country is so fucked in so many ways. Time to move to Sweden!
grapefruit / 4045 posts
Long rifle and assault rifle are the terms being used by the local media. There is live news footage showing one of the suspects dead on the ground with his assault rifle next to him.
grapefruit / 4028 posts
2 down, hopefully one to go.
So scary.
Ugh, conflicting reports now, maybe more suspects or maybe they aren't caught yet.
grapefruit / 4045 posts
@Crystal: There is the dead suspect on the street. The dead suspect in the back seat that just slid out of the car. (!!) I don't know where the third one is.
ETA: In case anyone wants to watch whats going on: http://abc7.com/live/
ETA: The gun that is lying next to the dead suspect in the street definitely does not look like a legal gun.
grapefruit / 4028 posts
@agold: they had someone down on the street before... And the guy in the SUV.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Crystal: So glad to see you posting here. Was just going to email you when I got home.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
This is so terrifying I don't really feel safe out in public anymore.
apricot / 461 posts
Does anyone know of anything productive I can do? I don't mean for this shooting specifically, but in regards to gun legislation. I just want to do something...
grapefruit / 4028 posts
@lawbee11: @Boopers: it's really scary.
@HLK208: I feel so bad for all the families of the victims...
pomegranate / 3643 posts
@Dagny: check out Moms Demand Action. They send out alerts for things to do. Mainly contacting legislators.
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