Three people were killed in the Monday afternoon shooting, including a security guard at the center.
The suspects believed to be responsible for a shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center have been identified as two teens, ages 17 and 19. Three people were killed in the Monday afternoon shooting, including a security guard at the center.
Chief Scott Wahl of the San Diego police said in a press conference that the two male teens "appeared to have died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. There were no officers involved in firing their weapons." He said the information was "still very preliminary" at that point.
Wahl said that officers received reports of an active shooter at the Islamic Center at around 11:43 am local time, and that within four minutes, officers arrived on scene "and observed, immediately, three deceased, what appeared to be deceased, victims out in front." An active shooter response was deployed. He said that officers, at around the same time, also received calls for shots fired a few blocks away from the mosque, where a landscaper was shot at but not hit.
"Moments later, at the 3800 block of Hatton, officers were called to that location where they found a vehicle in the middle of the street with who we believe to be the shooters in this incident, both deceased."
Two law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told the New York Times that investigators have recovered anti-Islamic writings from the vehicle the suspects were found in. One of the suspects reportedly took a firearm from his parents’ house before the shooting and left a suicide note. One of the firearms used in the attack reportedly had the words "hate speech" written on it.
Wahl said that a total of five people died in the shooting, two being the teen suspects and three being adult victims at the Islamic Center. He said that one of the deceased victims was a security guard at the center, who "I think played a pivotal role in assisting from this being much worse." Wahl said the shooting is being considered a hate crime "until it's not."
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