The Latest: California detective who said he'd 'take a bullet' shrugs off hero tag

San Bernardino County employees hold up photos of the San Bernardino shooting victims during a candlelight vigil on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif. The husband and wife who opened fire on a social services center last week had been radicalized "for quite some time" and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one instance just days before the attack that left 14 people dead, the FBI said Monday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (The Associated Press)

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Lisa Hamons, front, a social worker for San Bernardino County, is hugged by Yolanda Richardson during a candlelight vigil for shooting victims on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif. The husband and wife who opened fire on a social services center last week had been radicalized "for quite some time" and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one instance just days before the attack that left 14 people dead, the FBI said Monday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (The Associated Press)

A television reporter stands in front of a townhouse rented by the San Bernardino attackers Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Redlands, Calif. Just days before he carried out an attack that killed multiple people, Farook practiced with a rifle during one of several recent visits to a local shooting range, authorities said. Sometimes he was joined by his wife, his partner in the attack. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (The Associated Press)

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The latest on the shootings in San Bernardino, California (all times local):

5:10 p.m.

A sheriff's detective who won praise for his bold shepherding of frightened people out of the Southern California building where a couple opened fire last week says it was a crazy situation and he did nothing that anyone in his position wouldn't have done.

Detective Jorge Lozano was captured on video in a hallway of the Inland Regional Center telling employees and others who were stranded to follow him and that he would "take a bullet before you do."

On Tuesday, he talked about the moment for the first time at a news conference of first responders to the shootings.

He said he was scared himself when someone opened a door without announcing themselves. But he knew the people he was responsible for, including a terrified child, were relying on him for comfort and calm, so he provided it.

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10:55 a.m.

The Southern California social service center where a husband and wife killed 14 people will not reopen until January at the earliest.

Officials had hoped to open next week, but Leeza Hoyt, a spokeswoman for the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, says that's not practical.

Law enforcement hasn't yet handed over control of the crime scene, after which the center will have to clean up. Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire on a holiday party of his co-workers there last Wednesday.

Hoyt says caseworkers are still doing field work. Employees help residents with disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy and epilepsy find jobs, housing and transportation.

The center wants to set up administrative offices off site so employees and vendors will continue to be paid.

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8:45 a.m.

A bell pealed 14 times — once for each victim — during a vigil honoring those killed in the California mass shooting.

Hundreds of students, alumni and community members lit white candles during the ceremony Monday night at California State University, San Bernardino. The school was hit hard by the tragedy — five of the victims and one of the shooters, Syed Farook, were alumni.

The campus is just miles away from the social service center where Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire on a holiday party of his co-workers last Wednesday.

Mourners also gathered Monday at San Bernardino County's Board of Supervisors building to mark the first day about 20,000 county employees returned to work since the shooting.

Early Tuesday, officials reopened the road outside the Inland Regional Center, which is closed during the investigation.