REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) – Viewers from around the world received an up-close glimpse of the Southern California shooters’ home Friday after the landlord opened the doors and reporters broadcast live everything from the couple’s dirty dishes to their Quran.
The live tour of the Redlands home did not provide any revelations about the crime or the couple’s motives, but it was still an intimate look into their lives just a day after the townhouse was an active FBI crime scene where authorities said the shooters stockpiled pipe bombs, tools and large amounts of ammunition.
Camera crews were elbow-to-elbow inside while about 100 journalists were outside on the front lawn. Television crews moved documents to position for their shots in the home of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. Some of them picked through documents and photos and rummaged through bedrooms.
The kitchen had pots on the stove, dirty dishes in the sink and a half-eaten pita sandwich. The living room table had several documents, including one that authorities left behind listing what they had seized. Walls were covered with decorative rugs with Arabic script.
One bedroom had a crib next to boxes of diapers and a desk with a photo identification of Farook.