LA Times Wins Pulitzer for Coverage of San Bernardino Terror Attack

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Times today won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for its coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist shooting and its aftermath.

The Pulitzer citation reads: "For exceptional reporting, including both local and global perspectives, on the shooting in San Bernardino and the terror investigation that followed."

Inland Empire resident Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his emigree wife, 27- year-old Tashfeen Malik -- carried out the Dec. 2 massacre at the Inland Regional Center where staff had gathered for a Christmas party, according to federal authorities.

Fourteen people were killed and 22 others were wounded.

Farook's longtime neighbor, 24-year-old Enrique Marquez Jr. of Riverside, is charged with five felonies in connection with the shooting rampage.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Marquez purchased the two semiautomatic rifles that the perpetrators used to carry out the attack. The husband and wife were killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers a few hours later.

It's also alleged that Marquez at one time conspired with Farook to carry out killing sprees at Riverside City College and on the Riverside (91) Freeway.

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