Police are attending a shooting in California, with reports of 20 victims, say officials.
Fire officials in San Bernardino said it was responding to a "20 victim shooting incident" and it was working to clear the scene.
ABC News reports that there are 12 people dead but police have not confirmed that number.
It is still a "very active scene" and police are trying to secure the building, said a police spokeswoman.
There may be up to three gunmen, she said, and they were heavily armed and possibly wearing body armour.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @03:23AM
I think that article's claim to be comparing "apples to apples" is misleading. Instead of just shootings per capita, they should be factoring in things like population density, wealth distribution, employment, etc. For example, it seems intuitive that population density plays into the phenomenon in at least a couple of ways - more density, more people to kill and more density means more psychological stress for daily living.
I don't know what the calculations ought to be, but I'm just saying that scaling by population numbers isn't even close to making it a comparison of likes.