Overview
- The attack Monday at the Centre Islamic of San Diego left three people dead outside, including a security guard credited with limiting further bloodshed as children in the on-site school were evacuated.
- Officers later found the suspected shooters, ages 17 and 18, dead in a nearby car of what police say appear to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
- Investigators are treating the case as a hate crime, with U.S. media reporting anti-Islam writings found in the vehicle and hateful markings, including a swastika and the words "race war now," on a weapon.
- Police say one teen had been reported that morning as a missing juvenile described as suicidal who left with multiple family firearms and a friend in camouflage, and they confirmed a note was left.
- The FBI opened a public tip line and city, state, and national leaders condemned the shooting during the start of Dhu al-Hijja, a sacred period for Muslims, as the community that worships at the region’s largest mosque mourns and seeks answers.