Actions

What is the Inland Regional Center?

A shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California Wednesday has left 14 people dead and 17 wounded.The Inland Regional Center serves people of all ages with developmental disabilities. According to the non-profit&#39;s website, more than 30,000 residents from San Bernardino and Riverside counties are cared for at the center on a daily basis.&quot;You will see clients coming in and out. There&#39;s a lot of support systems that happen there, support groups. Small children who are at the ages of two and three years old go there to get diagnosed with a disability,&quot; Judy Mark, who is on the board of disability rights for Northern California&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/video/what-is-inland-regional-center--578133571680" target="_blank">told NBC</a>.&nbsp;That three-story building also houses a library and a conference center.<a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/12/02/multiple-victims-reported-shot-in-san-bernardino/" target="_blank">According to KCAL</a>, the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health was holding a banquet in the conference center when the gunfire rang out. (Video via&nbsp;<a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/12/02/multiple-victims-reported-shot-in-san-bernardino/" target="_blank">KCAL</a>)An employee inside the building at the time of the shooting texted her father this:&quot;Shooting at my work, people shot. In the office waiting for cops...pray for us,&quot; father Terry Pettit told&nbsp;<a href="http://abc7.com/news/14-killed-in-san-bernardino-mass-shooting/1106844/" target="_blank">KABC</a>.So far there&#39;s no word on a possible motive as to why this building was targeted.This video includes images from Getty Images.

By: Justin Boggs

Posted

and last updated

The site where gunmen killed 14 people Wednesday afternoon in San Bernardino, Calif. is a facility that serves individuals with developmental disabilities.

The Inland Regional Center facility has 670 staff members, according to the center, and serves more than 30,200 people from Southern California. The facility has served San Bernardino residents for 44 years.

The center has been at its current location since, 1996. Its staff has grown over the years. In 1995, the facility employed 225 and served 12,000.

The facility works in case management, helping to provide services to people with various forms of developmental disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.

The group posted on its Facebook page yesterday photos of a Christmas party, as Santa visited with children. The group also hosts a number of events on its premises, designed for people with developmental disabilities.

“As an agency among agencies, Inland Regional Center coordinates with generic services to enhance the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families by working to include them in the everyday routines and life rhythms of the community,” the center’s mission statement said.