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<p>SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. &#8212; One or more gunmen opened fire Wednesday at a Southern California social services center, shooting multiple people, authorities said.</p><p>Several law enforcement agencies converged on the scene in San Bernardino and were searching for the suspects. Triage units were being set up in the area.</p><p>Some people were seen being wheeled away on gurneys after gunfire erupted at the Inland Regional Center. Others walked quickly from a building with their hands in the air and were searched by officers before being reunited with loved ones.</p><p>Police were working to secure the scene in the inland region about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, Sgt. Vicky Cervantes said. No arrests have been made.</p><p>Terry Petit said his daughter works at the center, and he got a text from her saying she was hiding in the building after hearing gunshots.</p><p>Petit choked back tears as he read the texts for reporters outside the center. He said she wrote: &#8220;People shot. In the office waiting for cops. Pray for us. I am locked in an office.&#8221;</p><p>At a Shell gas station about a block from the shooting site, store manager Ana Fuentes said there was a flood of police activity in the area.</p><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s maybe like 150 cops going toward Hospitality Lane,&#8221; she said, as sirens echoed in the background.</p><p>She said she hadn&#8217;t gotten any instructions to stay inside but that customers coming in told her about the shootings at Inland Regional Center.</p><p>The center says on its website that it provides social services to people with developmental disabilities.</p><p>The city of San Bernardino has struggled to rebound after declaring bankruptcy in 2012. The city of about 214,000 is in the two-county inland region that was hit hard by the Great Recession.</p><p>The area where the shooting occurred is along a main city road that fronts a city golf course and recreation center.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A first responder attends to a person outside a Southern California social services center in San Bernardino, where authorities said multiple people were shot Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_ca-shooter.jpg</photo0><caption0>A first responder attends to a person outside a Southern California social services center in San Bernardino, where authorities said multiple people were shot Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. </caption0><photoCredit0>KNBC via AP </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_swat2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A swat team arrives at the scene of a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a social services facility. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_swat2.jpg</photo1><caption1>A swat team arrives at the scene of a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a social services facility. </caption1><photoCredit1>Doug Saunders/Los Angeles News Group via AP </photoCredit1></div></div>
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Multiple people shot at California social services center