Several memorials were planned throughout the day Friday to mark the first anniversary of the terror attack at San Bernardino's Inland Regional Center, which claimed the lives of 14 people and injured nearly two dozen others on Dec. 2, 2015.
The 14 victims killed in a mass shooting in San Bernardino are pictured. (Credit: CNN)
The victims killed in the shooting were: Robert Adams, 40; Isaac Amanios, 60; Bennetta Betbadal, 46; Harry Bowman, 46; Sierra Clayborn, 27; Juan Espinoza, 50; Aurora Godoy, 26; Shannon Johnson, 45; Larry Daniel Kaufman, 42; Damian Meins, 58; Tin Nguyen, 31; Nicholas Thalasinos, 52; Yvette Valesco, 27; and Michael Raymond Wetzel, 37.
The first event, a memorial bike ride hosted by the San Bernardino Police Department at 7:30., is scheduled to start at 710 N. D Street. The ride will be 14 miles, or 22 kilometers, a significant figure as it represents the number of people killed and injured in the attack.
Candles and American flags were included in a growing memorial dedicated to the victims of a deadly shooting in San Bernardino on Dec. 2, 2015. (Credit: KTLA)
At 8 a.m., a Remembrance Ceremony will be held at the LiveStream Blood Bank, located at 384 W. Orange Show Rd.
In the afternoon, the dedication of a Peace Garden at the Cal State San Bernardino campus to honor the victims and survivors will start at 3:30 p.m. The garden was planted in memory of the five alums -- Adams, Espinosza, Johnson, Velasco and Wetzel -- who were among those killed in the mass shooting, according to a news release on the university's website.
Another event, a Night of Remembrance, will be held at the university's Coussoulis Arena and is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. The memorial was organized by CSUSB, the San Bernardino Mayor's Office, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and the San Bernardino Community College Districts, among other groups, the university's website stated.
Framed photographs of the 14 slain in the San Bernardino shooting rampage are lit by candlelight on a stage during a vigil in Colton on Dec. 10, 2015. (Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
“I am humbled by the partners that have come together to unite for this event,” San Bernardino Mayor R. Carey Davis told the university, according to the news release. “Our community continues to stand together united in solidarity and support for the victims, survivors, and families of those affected by the December 2nd terrorist attack.”
Fourteen people were killed and 22 others injured when Syed Rizwan Farook, along with his wife Tashfeen Malik, opened fire in the conference room of the Inland Regional Center, where Farook's work colleagues from the San Bernardino County Department of Health had been gathered for a holiday party.
They couple fled the scene in an SUV and were fatally shot later that day after leading police on a chase that ended in a gunbattle in a residential area about 2 miles away from where the massacre took place.
Investigators later discovered Farook and Malik sympathized with ISIS, were inspired by extremist ideology and had talked about jihad.
CNN contributed to this story.
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