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UnderThisLaw

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Mon May 18, 2026, 08:13 PM 13 hrs ago

Suspects in mosque shooting identified

Two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation and a federal law enforcement official identified Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, as the suspects in today’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego

Investigators are examining possible anti-Islamic writings found in the car where police found the dead suspects

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-san-diego-mosque-shooting-rcna345756/rcrd110150?canonicalCard=true

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Suspects in mosque shooting identified (Original Post) UnderThisLaw 13 hrs ago OP
''generalised hate rhetoric and hate speech' in note - police were searching for them muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. ''generalised hate rhetoric and hate speech' in note - police were searching for them
Tue May 19, 2026, 06:57 AM
2 hrs ago
About two hours before the attack, the mother of one of the suspects had called police to report that her son had left home with several of her guns and her car.
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A note the youth left behind also included "generalised hate rhetoric and hate speech", he said.

Wahl added that the note contained no specific threat to the mosque, or to any other location or individual.

Investigators went to a local high school, where one of the teens was a student, as well as a shopping mall where the car had been tracked.

When the shooting took place, officers were still speaking to the mother and were only a few blocks away from the mosque.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7q66gq56o

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