Shooting suspects left their baby with her grandmother, spokesman says

(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The suspects in the shooting rampage were a married couple who had dropped off their 6-month-old daughter with her grandmother before the attack, family representatives said.

Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were married two years ago, according to Malik’s brother-in-law, Farhan Khan, shown above.

On Wednesday morning, Farook and his wife dropped their daughter off with Farook’s mother in Redlands, saying they had a doctor’s appointment, said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Los Angeles office.

The grandmother grew worried when she heard of the shooting attack in San Bernardino, and “she started calling. No answer,” Ayloush said.

The family was worried the Farook and Malik were shot in the attacks, but then they started receiving calls from media outlets indicating that Farook was a person of interest.

Farook was born in Illinois, and his parents immigrated to the U.S. from Southeast Asia, Ayloush said.