. >> reporter: ryan reyes learned the devastating news of his boyfriend's dead, daniel kofman, just today. >> as we were finding out more and more, no, none of these hospitals have him, that's when that hope just really dwindled. >> reporter: kofman, a job trainer at the inland regional center, was 42. >> the last thing i said to him was, i love you and i will text you after my doctor's appointment. because i was supposed to go to the doctor yesterday. >> reporter: michael raymond wetzel, father of six, also among the dead, spokes person for the family speak out today. >> they are very overwhelmed. there are six kids that have lost their father. the kids are just finding out today and they're trying to be really cautious. >> reporter: tonight we're learning more details about who did this and the elaborate preparations that went into this massacre massacre. >> it was an event training in christmas party, lunch in the afternoon. >> reporter: 28-year-old american-born syed rizwan farook attended a holiday luncheon for the county health department where he was employed as a health inspector.

until that moment, he could only hope that 42-year-old daniel kofman was alive. >> i immediately freaked out. tried to text him. >> the couple had been together for three years. he is one of 14 people killed during an office holiday party. also killed, a 37-year-old father of six, coached youth soccer. a 27-year-old loving sister and a 52-year-old loving husband. >> i'm sure that he went down fighting and protecting people. >> reporter: her husband and the gunman knew each other. they were both environmental health inspectors. >> he knew syed. he worked with him. say about him. >> reporter: his wife believed believes he may have been targeted. tradition. i feel like my husband was basically martyred. i'm wondering if they did get into an argument. my husband is very outspoken. >> nancy: stay with 7 news on air and on-line for the latest developments. the investigation, we will send out breaking news alerts on whdh.com as well as the 7 news mobile and tablet app. we are also posting updates throughout the day on facebook and twitter. also breaking right now out of lynn. a mass i fire clai

ryan reyes just hours after the shooting, he was relieved, having just heard that his partner, daniel kofman, had been shot but was alive and in surgery. >> the only thing we haven't found out yet is exactly what >> that was yesterday. but today there is heart break. he's discovered daniel has died. >> we were given this information -- misinformation last night, unfortunately. >> it's been a roller coaster of emotions for many of the survivors and their families who were exchanging texts with loved ones while the shots were still being fired at the inland regional center. from a woman trapped inside, this text to her husband, there's a shooter at work. her husband, where are you at? are cops there? are you safe? she responded, locked in an office with three other people. i love you. and this heart wrenching text from a desperate young woman to her father, dad, shooting at my work. he writes back, hi. find a good spot. hide now. her reply, pray for us. this dramatic video shows the moment cops stormed the building. it was captured on timmy hillyard's cell phone. >> there were people running,