it's also possible this was workplace related. >> reporter: police say farooq, a county restaurant inspector left a health department christmas party at the inland regional center and came back with his wife. the two sprang automatic weapon fire that killed 14 and injured 21. then leaving behind three remote control pipe bombs that never wept off. >> there was a mission here. we know that. we do not know why. we don't know if this was the intended target or if there was something that triggered him to do this immediately. we don't know. >> reporter: when police caught up with the couple's rented s.u.v. hours later farooq and his wife fired 76 shots at police and were killed as police fired back with almost 400 rounds. inside the car investigators say they found more than 1600 additional rounds of rifle and handgun ammunition. at the couple's house police found another 6,000 plus round of ammo. plus at least a dozen pipe bombs along with tools and materials to make more.

and they could have continued to do another attack. we intercepted them before that happened. >> reporter: family members say farooq travelled to saudi arabia on a religious pilgrimage. the f.b.i. says he went to pakistan and wrought back his pakistani fiance marrying her in the u.s. relatives say he grew a beard but they never saw any signs of his reported radicalizing. >> i've no idea, why would he do that? why would he do something like this? i've absolutely no idea. i'm in shock myself. >> reporter: president obama says no matter what the motivations for the shooting it's more evidence for the need for new gun controls. >> as the investigation moves forward, it's going to be important for all of us including our legislators to see what we can do to make sure that when individuals decide they want to do somebody harm, or make it a little hard are for them to do it because right now it's

>> reporter: a friend says farooq met his wife on-line. an nbc news reporting that a dating profile that appears to have once belonged to farooq contains a description saying he came from a religious but modern family and litted eastern and western mix under his family values. dan hausle, 7 news. >> kim: we're learning more about the remote controlled bomb that the gunman left blind there. cheryl fiandaca joins us with new information and details. authorities are finding boston marathon bombing and this one. >> reporter: 7 news obtained intelligence reports released about the california incident. in them police say lightly defended locations will continue to be targets for those intense on committing violence. the california attackers came prepared for battle with thousands of rounds of ammo and the pipe bombs. the suspect left an

kill and injure fir responders. this was a well planned event. >> they were prepared for sustained engagement. sustained combat engagement. that is what that tells me this. is a significant amount of ammunition they had exit plan. most active encounter shooters up to this point terminated at either contacts with the police or with a self-inflicted wound. this didn't. >> reporter: part of the strategy was to detonate the three pipe bombs they left behind for police and sources say a remote control for the device was found in the suspects' car and sources say it was similar to the devices the boston marathon bombers used. that is not the only similarity. police found 12 other bombs in the couple's home and sources say the home made bombs were like the ones used by the tsarnaev brothers in the ingredients found using those bombs were found on the al-qaeda

called inspire. police are continuing to gather evidence and looking into whether the pair had any accomplices. intelligence reports say with the amount of preparation and purchasing of chemicals, tactical gear and ammunition heightens the need for vigilance for citizens and others to report suspicious activity. >> adam: hours after the chaos many families were left waiting helplessly for loved ones, any information about them. the names of the victims slowly are being released. tim caputo joins us now with more on the lives lost. >> reporter: this attack happened at a holiday party. a bomb who was' supposed to get an award for employee of the year was shot three times. she will survive. we're learning more about some of those killed. many of the victims knew the alleged shooter. co-workers say he was difficult to engage in casual conversation. nicklaus worked as a restaurant inspector. he is one of the first of the 14 killed to be

friend say two weeks ago he got into a heated conversation with farooq about islam. farooq apparently argued it was a peaceful religious. this man's wife says he was a devout jew and passionate about pro-israel causes it's not clear if that was a factor in the attack. the father of 6 who supervised a team of health inspectors was alsole killed as was the 42 man who ran the center's coffee shop where he trained disabled employees. 21 were also injured but survived. their stories are coming out including many shot on their lunch break. >> he was able to make two phone calls, one to his wife and one to his father and to both of them he said that he had been shot. but he was going to be ok and the he loved them. >> reporter: one of the survivors shot inside the office building has ties to

amanda gaspard worked had keene has a emergency preparedness coordinator. she is expected to make a full recovery. tim caputo, 7 news. >> kim: president obama calling on government officials to lay down the law on gun control. there have been hundreds of mass shootings in the united states this year and some are questioning political leaders and whether they're doing enough to keep americans safe. jennifer egan joins with us that part of the story today. >> reporter: yesterday's mass shooting in california was the sixth in a week and in 2015, there have been more mass shootings so far than days in the year. colorado springs, san bernadino, the list goes on. this year alone, there have been 355 mass shootings in the u.s. once again the debate about gun control is taking center stage. >> it is basic steps that would make it harder, not impossible but harder for

>> it's three -- >> reporter: guns continue to be big sellers. at hunter trading post in weymouth the owner sees more customers in his store the day after a mass shooting. >> reporter: what do you see? >> it increases sales. we've more and more people that want to get licenses and everybody is very well concerned. >> reporter: according to congressional research numbers, there are more than 300 million guns in this country. gun laws vary state to state. as governor baker points out, massachusetts remains one of the toughest states for residents to get a gun. >> in massachusetts and california both have among the strictest gun laws in country. and i support them and believe this them. >> reporter: in massachusetts there is an application through the local police department. a firearm safety course and state and federal background checks. a process state figures show more and more people are going through. >> they're looking for a hand gun that they can

it. >> reporter: nationally the f.b.i. reports more gun background checks this past black friday than any other day on record. in the newsroom jennifer egan, 7 news. >> adam: can the trophs surrounding gun control the question remains how should the government handle the issue? our political editor andy hiller thinks the issue may be a bigger problem than we'd like to imagine. instinct. >> reporter: question, who do we think we're following? answer, i hope no one. we like to portray america as if we're as sweet as apple pie but we're pretending bus what america is more often about is violent deaths, mass murders and unspeakable crimes. limits. at a certain point the number of the dead is overwhelming. and that is the point we're at now. the fact is there have been 355 mass shootings in

more than one a day. no surprise at california, we've already started doing what we usually do. arguing about gun control which never gets us very far and probably never will. because the only way to have significant gun control is to change the second amendment of the constitution which says "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." do you believe the constitution is going to be changed? me neither. and even in it were, that wouldn't keep all the people who were willing to get guns illegally from getting them. that is why if you were even a little shocked or surprised when you first heard about the california shooting, foreign news organizations weren't. here is how the british broadcasting corporation the b.b.c. described the san bernadino shootings. >> just another day in the

>> reporter: i'm sorry to say this but mass shootings appear to be beyond our government's control. our freedom is killing us. instinct. >> for the latest on the california shootings stay with us on air and on-line as we get new information, we'll send it out in mull melt ways and have breaking news alerts and our apps and we're posting updates on facebook and twitter. >> adam: up next, other news, cracking the case, a suspect in custody av a deadly holiday shooting outside fenway park, but police say other gunmen could still be out there. >> kim: young woman arrested after police say

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>> adam: suspect is blind bars facing charges in connection with the shooting death of a local commuter rail conductor that happened on thanksgiving day. dominique carpenter grady of dorchester was arraigned earlier today. prosecutors say the 29-year-old suspects and another man got into a gun phyte outside a bar near fenway park early on thanksgiving morning. jephthe chery of hyde park was caught in the cross fire. police say the 29-year-old was shot and killed as he was leaving a private party. detectives are trying to

shot who killed him. additional arrests could be on the way. >> kim: alarming accusations in arlington. that 24-year-old woman accused of cleaning out an elderly man. police say she faked a brain tumor among other things, in all store more than $100,000 from this 80-year-old man after he was hired, or he hired her to clean his home. here is the story. >> she surrendered her passport to -- >> reporter: 24-year-old anis made her appear innocence in court today. accused of taking nearly $100,000 from an elderly man whose whom she cleaned. she showed little emotion but prosecutors say she was amuserd by her arrest last night. >> she giggled and appeared to have no appreciation of the severity of the charges against her throughout the being booing process. >> reporter: she arrived from albania three years ago and befriended an 84-year-old at this cafe in arlington where she had been

>> she was' giving me stories about how poor she money. >> reporter: his wife died and says he lived alone ever since. he paid the woman $50,000 a year to pick up around the house five days a week. >> i trusted her when i shouldn't have. >> reporter: he told hodgeins she needed money for tuition and he broke personal checks for $20,000 to help her. leg yin said she had terminal brain cancer and needed $30,000 for surgery. through her attorney legga denies scheming and -- >> found out later she never had cancer. never had an operation. she pocketed the $30,000 that i gave her and put it in a bank account. took off with her boyfriend for miami. >> reporter: the attorney

was doing and he is is angry she took a trip to miami with her fiance . legga's bail is set at $100,000. >> pete: forecast is bright over the next few days. warming trend in the weekends as well. ammo, over to you. >> reporter: next in sports the patriots are the best after a loss, we'll show you how well they do be

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>> pete: december snow, we haven't had any but does it mean anything about the winter? we looked back, last year was an exception, we had .3 of an inch in december then we got blitzed then in 2011, 2006 then back to 191998 paltry decembers. they turned out to be weak. other than last winter if you take out the odd ball it don't mean a lot of snow for the winter. it sets the tone sometimes. quiet stretch coming up. stellar weekend, if you like sun i have a forecast for you. turning milder as well. beautiful time of year when the sun is low on the horizon. shot from dorchester here near the gas tanks and a sunset before it did go down. skies breaking up but the sun is like a spotlight on

it sets long shadows. beautiful. we'll see a lot of it this weekend. great sunsets and sunrises coming up. showers are diminishing, show across northern new england, vermes to maine, it was accumulating in the high terrain. our temperatures in the 40s after we did bust 50 or better in many spots earlier this morning. now our winds starting to ease a little bit. but we still have gusts getting up near 30 miles an hour, tomorrow starts bright. finishes with a few clouds with the weak front coming through. front is not going to reestablish the cold. it's just drifting through. subpoenaable tomorrow. 44 in billerica and 45 framingham. in dorchester, boston, about 46. 47 in duxbury. our temperature trend is a little bit up over the weekend. okay maybe a lot of it. this is quite a sunday forecast in the lower 60s. the wind is out of the southwest. golden sun. why not. right?

the 30s in the morning. saturday, at the coastline we could have cooler readings with the sea breeze then we level it off on monday. it's above normal next week and maybe even next weekend, too, we have a stretch come up this is very warm in the long range, next 7-10 days. 28-37 tonight. tomorrow 44-48. there is a little uncertainty in the temperatures and cloud cover between tuesday and thursday. you know 50s, generally thinking that but i'm more confident about friday, saturday and sunday next weekend. see you tonight. >>. >> we got to move on with obviously different challenges, whether this is personnel related whether it's scheme related. every week presents different challenges. >> reporter: tom brady and his team mates doing best turning the page. the patriots couldn't have

move on, to the eagles come to town riding a three-game losing streak giving up 45 points in each of their last two losses. led by the winningest head coach quarterback tandem in nfl history. the patriots have made a habit out of bouncing back from losses. a fact evident when belichick declared we're on to cincinnati. following that blow out loss in kansas city. with belichick running the show his players know his teams haven't suffered a back-to-back loss since september of 2012. >> it felt like every team we face the best defensive line we're going to face. the best sendary, every time we watch film against a team i feel like we -- we see the positive things they do and i guess he has us making sure we respect our opponent. >> reporter: celt ricks

once again taking on rondo and the sacramento kings in mexico city tonight as part of the knabe's global abe games, they play in front of a capacity crowd of over 22,000 fans. bruins on the road opening up a trip against the oilers. the former bruins general manager got the last laugh. edmonton snapping the bruins season high five-game winning streak but the b.'s managed to pick up at least one point for the 7th team in the last eight games. >> happy hope coming for the curries in charlotte. del curry honored by the son, son scored a game-high points. the reining m.v.p.has scored 40 or more points six times in 20 games this season. all 20 games wins for the

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