--- description: Little is known about 26-year-old Pakistani national Tashfeen Malik title: Pakistan Assists U.S. on San Bernardino Suspect image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8bd513af7d0810a/698873c43c16390bb045b01e/san-bernardino12.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 # Pakistan Assists U.S. on San Bernardino Suspect Tashfeen Malik by [Wajahat S. Khan / NBC NEWS](/author/nbc-news/) ## Wajahat S. Khan / NBC NEWS Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2015 12:47 PM CUT  Law enforcement personnel continue to investigate on San Bernardino Avenue, where two suspects in the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center died in a shootout with police in San Bernardino, Calif. on Dec. 3, 2015. Law enforcement personnel continue to investigate on San Bernardino Avenue, where two suspects in the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center died in a shootout with police in San Bernardino, Calif. on Dec. 3, 2015.Irfan Khan—LA Times/Getty Images by [Wajahat S. Khan / NBC NEWS](/author/nbc-news/) ## Wajahat S. Khan / NBC NEWS Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2015 12:47 PM CUT ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities are working with American officials to uncover details about the mother [suspected of carrying out the San Bernardino shooting](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/san-bernardino-shooting "undefined") with her husband, sources told NBC News. Little is known about 26-year-old Pakistani national Tashfeen Malik, other than she [was able to enter the U.S. on a fiancée visa](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/san-bernardino-shooting/how-suspected-california-shooter-used-fiance-visa-n473791 "undefined"), also known as a K-1 visa, allowing foreigners to travel to the U.S. for a wedding within 90 days. Malik married 28-year-old Chicago-born husband Syed Rizwan Farook two years ago in Saudi Arabia after the pair met online, according to a family member and a friend. [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/san-bernardino-shooting/pakistan-assists-u-s-san-bernardino-suspect-tashfeen-malik-n474056?cid=par-time%5F20151204 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4136254/pakistan-san-bernardino/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4136254/pakistan-san-bernardino/"},"headline":"Pakistan Assists U.S. on San Bernardino Suspect Tashfeen Malik","datePublished":"2015-12-04T12:47:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:06:55.165Z","description":"Little is known about 26-year-old Pakistani national Tashfeen Malik","url":"https://time.com/4136254/pakistan-san-bernardino/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8bd513af7d0810a/698873c43c16390bb045b01e/san-bernardino12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Wajahat S. Khan / NBC NEWS"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8bd513af7d0810a/698873c43c16390bb045b01e/san-bernardino12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Law enforcement personnel continue to investigate on San Bernardino Avenue, where two suspects in the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center died in a shootout with police December 3, 2015 in San Bernardino, California.","caption":"Law enforcement personnel continue to investigate on San Bernardino Avenue, where two suspects in the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center died in a shootout with police in San Bernardino, Calif. on Dec. 3, 2015.","creditText":"Irfan Khan—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/4136254/pakistan-san-bernardino/","name":"Pakistan Assists U.S. on San Bernardino Suspect Tashfeen Malik"}}]}] ```