Family members say they hope to adopt the infant of a married couple accused in Wednesday's massacre in San Bernardino.
Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, left their 6-month-old daughter with Farook's grandmother before launching a commando-style assault on a holiday party, federal investigators said. Fourteen people died in the attack. Another 21 people were injured.
Farook's brother-in-law Farhan Khan told NBC News he hopes to adopt the orphaned baby, who's currently in protective custody.
"You left your 6-month-old daughter…in this life," Khan said, as though speaking directly to his late brother-in-law. "Some people cannot have kids. God gave you a gift of a daughter. And you left that kid behind. What…what did you achieve?"
Investigators are looking into whether Malik, a Pakistani who spent most of her childhood in Saudi Arabia, was a radicalizing influence on Farook. Law enforcement sources told NBC News she pledged support to an ISIS leader in a Facebook post before allegedly shooting more than two dozen of her husband's colleagues.
Farook, a restaurant health inspector for San Bernardino County, was born in Chicago to Pakistani parents and raised in Southern California.
Farook told friends he met his future wife online. Malik arrived in the U.S. on a K-1 visa in July 2014, authorities said.
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The two were married Aug. 16, 2014, in nearby Riverside County, according to their marriage license.
Lawyers for Farook's family said on Friday that Malik was a very private, conservative person who spoke broken English and didn't drive. They said the family was aware that they kept guns in the house, and said the guns were locked up.
"We are trying to get (their daughter) released to one of the family members," attorney Mohammad Abuershaid said at a news conference.
