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The banality of evil. Helps a dog, enables 14 people to be killed, 22 wounded.
Via KTLA:
On Thursday, federal sources told the Los Angele Times that Farook asked Marquez to buy firearms for him so that the former could dodge a background check. The purchases were made around the time that officials said Farook was “radicalized.”
In November 2014, Marquez married Farook’s sister-in-law’s sister — Mariya Chernykh — in a marriage that was under investigation, the Times reported Wednesday. Chernykh’s sister was married to Farook’s older brother, the Times said. Both sisters are from Russia, the newspaper reported.
A bespectacled cycling enthusiast who reportedly wanted to join the U.S. Navy, Marquez converted to Islam several years ago and attended the same mosque as other members of the Farook family, but members of the Islamic center he attended said his presence was infrequent, the Times reported.
On Thursday, Marquez’s mother spoke off camera to news media, and said her son had been interviewed by KTLA in spring.
Crying, Armida Chacon said her world was turned upside down by the shooting and that she wanted “this to stop.”
In April, Marquez spoke to the KTLA’s Rick Chambers for a story about his friend’s dog being bitten by a rattlesnake during a hike Jurupa Hills. Marquez said he ran for the car and got help for the dog.