--- description: He is "very upset and angry" at the shooter for his actions title: San Bernardino Shooter Was 'Bad Person' Says Brother-in-Law image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb867790ca7e1aa8e/698873cd5f570f179db1ea75/farhan-khan-bernardino.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # San Bernardino Shooter Was 'Bad Person,' Not Radical Says Brother-in-Law by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2015 12:33 PM CUT  Farhan Khan joins religious leaders during a press conference at the Council of American Islamic Relations in Anaheim, Calif. on Dec. 2, 2015. Farhan Khan joins religious leaders during a press conference at the Council of American Islamic Relations in Anaheim, Calif. on Dec. 2, 2015.Luis Sinco—LA Times/Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2015 12:33 PM CUT SAN BERNARDINO, California — A brother-in-law of one of the San Bernardino shooters said the Christmas party massacre was “a personal act” unconnected to the culprit’s Muslim faith and described him simply as “a bad person.” Farhan Khan said he had “no idea” what led to Wednesday’s rampage, in which 14 people were killed. He added that Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, were “a happy couple” who loved their baby daughter. The tot was left with her grandmother before the mass shooting. [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/san-bernardino-shooting/san-bernardino-shooter-was-bad-person-not-radical-brother-law-n474041?cid=par-time%5F20151204 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4136249/san-bernardino-shooter-bad-person/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4136249/san-bernardino-shooter-bad-person/"},"headline":"San Bernardino Shooter Was 'Bad Person,' Not Radical Says Brother-in-Law","datePublished":"2015-12-04T12:33:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:06:52.907Z","description":"He is \"very upset and angry\" at the shooter for his actions","url":"https://time.com/4136249/san-bernardino-shooter-bad-person/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb867790ca7e1aa8e/698873cd5f570f179db1ea75/farhan-khan-bernardino.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb867790ca7e1aa8e/698873cd5f570f179db1ea75/farhan-khan-bernardino.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Farhan Khan joins religious leaders during a press conference at the Council of American Islamic Relations December 2, 2015 in Anaheim, California.","caption":"Farhan Khan joins religious leaders during a press conference at the Council of American Islamic Relations December 2, 2015 in Anaheim, California.","creditText":"Luis Sinco—LA Times/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4136249/san-bernardino-shooter-bad-person/","name":"San Bernardino Shooter Was 'Bad Person,' Not Radical Says Brother-in-Law"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How the San Bernardino Shooting and Manhunt Unfolded","description":"San Bernardino Timeline-v1","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gHAnKSvX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-03T20:40:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gHAnKSvX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4136249/san-bernardino-shooter-bad-person/","duration":"PT2M47S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4136249/san-bernardino-shooter-bad-person/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```