Fourteen people were killed Dec. 2, 2015 when two attackers opened fire at a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino.
Nearly two dozen more were wounded in the tragedy at the holiday lunch and training session, attended by several co-workers employed by the county health department. Twelve of the 14 people killed were San Bernardino County employees.
They ranged in age from 26 to 60, many having pursued careers that helped keep the community safe and healthy.
The attackers, one of whom also worked for the department, were killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers that followed a brief pursuit.
Here are the names of the 14 shooting victims.
Courtesy: Family of Robert Adams
Courtesy: Family of Robert Adams Robert Adams is pictured.
Robert Adams, 40
A Yucaipa resident, Robert Adams was an Environmental Health Specialist. His daughter was 20 months old at the time of the shooting. He was married to his high school sweetheart and an avid online gamer.
Courtesy family of Isaac Amanios
Courtesy family of Isaac Amanios Isaac Amanios is pictured center.
Isaac Amanios, 60
Isaac Armanios moved to the United States in 2000 from Eritrea, a small country in Africa between Sudan and Ethiopia. He was a county health inspector.
Courtesy: Family of Bennetta Bet-Badal
Courtesy: Family of Bennetta Bet-Badal Bennetta Betbadal is pictured.
Benneta Betbadal, 46
Having fled Iran at 18, Benneta Betbadal became a county health inspector in 2006. She was the mother of three.
Family Photo
Family Photo Harry Bowman is pictured.
Harry Bowman, 46
The father of two daughters, Harry Bowman was a statistical analyst for the county health department. A lover of the outdoors, the Pennsylvania native had been an expert on data sets and mapping for the University of Southern California’s National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events.
Family Photo
Family Photo Sierra Clayborn is pictured.
Sierra Clayborn, 27
Sierra Clayborn had recently joined the team of county inspectors. A 2010 UC Riverside grad, Clayborn inspected restaurants for the agency and was described as someone who always shared positive energy and encouraging words.
Courtesy family of Juan Espinoza
Courtesy family of Juan Espinoza Juan Espinoza, 50, pictured second from the left.
Juan Espinoza, 50
A Highland resident, Juan Espinoza was a health inspector and father of two. Born in Mexico, he came to the United States about two decades before the shooting.
Courtesy of Godoy family
Courtesy of Godoy family Aurora Godoy is pictured.
Aurora Godoy, 26
The youngest shooting victim, Aurora Godoy was a mother of one — 22 months old at the time — from San Jacinto. She was an office assistant for the San Bernardino County Department of Health.
Courtesy family of Shannon Johnson
Courtesy family of Shannon Johnson Shannon Johnson is pictured.
Shannon Johnson, 45
A resident of Los Angeles’ Koreatown, Shannon Johnson commuted by train to his job in San Bernardino as a health inspector. Johnson grew up in Kentucky and played baseball at a college in Georgia. His wife was a member of the Los Angeles mayor’s crisis response team.
Courtesy family of Daniel Kaufman
Courtesy family of Daniel Kaufman Daniel Kaufman is pictured.
Daniel Kaufman, 42
Daniel Kaufman trained developmentally disabled employees at the Inland Regional Center’s coffee shop. Friends described him as funny and always smiling.
Courtesy of the Meins family
Courtesy of the Meins family Damian Meins is pictured.
Damian Meins, 58
A father of two, Damian Meins worked for Environmental Health Services. Described as passionate about serving his community, Meins married high school sweetheart and also worked for Riverside County. He served as an extended carer coordinator at St. Catherine of Alexandria.
Courtesy family of Tin Nguyen
Courtesy family of Tin Nguyen Tin Nguyen is pictured.
Tin Nguyen, 31
Tin Nguyen was a food inspector with the county health department. Born in Vietnam, she grew up in the United States.
Courtesy family of Nicholas Thalasinos
Courtesy family of Nicholas Thalasinos Nicholas Thalasinos is pictured.
Nicholas Thalasinos, 52
Nicholas Thalasinos, of Colton, was a longtime health inspector for the county.
Courtesy of Velasco family
Courtesy of Velasco family Yvette Velasco is pictured.
Yvette Velasco, 27
A Fontana resident, Yvette Velasco was remembered by family as an “intelligent, motivated, and beautiful young woman.”
Courtesy of the Wetzel family
Courtesy of the Wetzel family Michael Wetzel is pictured.
Michael Raymond Wetzel, 37
A father of six, Michael Raymond Wetzel supervised a team of Environmental Health Services division county health inspectors.
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