美国加州突发枪击事件,至少14死14伤
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(十二)月
AS IT IS 2015-12-03 Police: At Least 14 Dead in California Shooting 美国加州突发枪击事件,至少14死14伤
Police say at least 14 people have been killed in a mass shooting in Southern California. And another 14 are wounded.
The attack happened in San Bernardino at a training center for disabled people.
San Bernardino police chief Jarrod Burguan? spoke 1 to reporters after the incident. He said it is believed that three gunmen were involved. He said the shooters apparently 2 fled the area. The numbers of casualities may change and it is not known if the shooting was a terrorist attack.
Burguan said there was a massive response to the shooting. He said several local and state security forces took part.
Earlier reports said the shooters may have been dressed in military clothing. A police spokeswoman told the Los Angeles Times that the attackers were heavily armed and possibly wore body armor.
A bomb squad 3 reportedly was deployed 4 to try to disarm 5 a possible explosive device.
This latest shooting comes less than a week after a gunman killed three people and wounded nine in an attack at a family planning and health clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In October, a gunman killed nine people at a college in Oregon. In June, a gunman killed nine people at a church in South Carolina.
Words in This Story
casualty – n. a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc.
facility - n. something (such as a building or large piece of equipment) that is built for a specific purpose
armor – n. special clothing that people wear to protect their bodies from weapons
squad – n. a part of a police force that deals with a specific type of crime
clinic – n. a place where people get medical help
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