What Were San Bernardino Shooters Doing During 18-Minute Gap?

Federal authorities on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in filling out a gap in the whereabouts of the two assailants after they killed 14 people in last month’s attack in San Bernardino. “It may not be an important fact, but until we close that gap we don’t know”.

Bowdich said that after conducting 550 interviews and collecting some 500 pieces of evidence, investigators continue to believe Farook and Malik were inspired by Islamic extremism but not directed by any foreign entities.

Bowdich said agents have accounted for 3 hours and 42 minutes of their time the day of the attack.

Bowdich said Farook and Malik then visited Seccombe Lake at 11:45 a.m.

Thousands attended a ceremony at the Inland Regional Center Monday honoring the fallen victims in the San Bernardino mass shooting.

Bowdich referred Tuesday to a timeline beginning at 8:37 a.m., when Farook left his home to join work colleagues at a meeting that was to culminate in a holiday gathering. Through a variety of techniques – including traffic cameras, surveillance cameras and witness statements – investigators said they’ve accounted for most of Malik and Farook’s travels.

PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images FBI Los Angeles Assistant Director in Charge David Bowdich said the gap in the timeline was between 12:59-1:17 p.m. the day of the massacre. As of now, investigators say they have no evidence the plot was organized by any Middle Eastern terrorist group. Bowdich said there seemed to be no rhyme or reason why the couple traveled the routes they did, in a “zigzag” formation.

Representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the ATF, the San Bernardino Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department were all set to appear at the press conference. The rest of their movements through the adjacent cities of San Bernardino and Redlands have been tracked.