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FBI Says Teen Suspects in San Diego Mosque Shooting Were Radicalized Online

The case underscores rising fears about hate-driven violence against faith communities.

Overview

  • Police say a shooting at a San Diego mosque left three people dead, including a security guard.
  • Two suspects, ages 17 and 18, were found dead in a nearby car in what investigators believe was a suicide.
  • The FBI is investigating a possible anti-Muslim hate crime and says the pair were influenced by online content and first connected on the internet.
  • Police say one suspect took a gun from a guardian’s home and left a suicide note after his mother called to report alarming behavior hours earlier.
  • Roughly 140 children were inside an adjacent school during the attack, and police credit the guard’s actions with limiting further harm.