What we know about San Diego mosque shooting suspects as mom’s desperate 911 warning call revealed
Local police and federal agents are investigating a shooting that took place Monday at an Islamic center in San Diego, Californa, that left three victims and two teen suspects dead.
Police were called to the Islamic Center of San Diego, which includes a mosque and K-3 school, just before noon on Monday.
Officers said they found three adults dead, including a security guard. No children at the center were harmed in the shooting.
Police were almost simultaneously called to a scene a few blocks away on reports of gunfire, according to police.
There, they found the two teen suspects, both dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, alongside a weapon used in the attack and a gas canister carrying a Nazi symbol, prompting investigators to treat the incident as a potential hate crime.
Here’s what we know about the suspects so far.
Police described the two suspects as males age 17 and 18.
Offiicials have not yet formally named the duo but law enforcement sources have told media outlets that the younger of the two was Cain Clark, who attended nearby Madison High School and had been due to graduate this month.
He had been part of the school’s wrestling team.
The mother of one of the suspects had warned police Monday morning in a call around 9:42 a.m. that her son had run away, might be suicidal and had taken her vehicle and several of her weapons, including a 9mm handgun, a shotgun and a mini 14., according to officials.
She told police her son left with a companion, who was dressed in camouflage.
Police were sent to San Diego’s Fashion Valley Mall after license plate readers suggested the individuals were there.
Officers were speaking with the mother when the shooting outside the mosque was reported.
After the attack, investigators were seen outside a home in San Diego thought to belong to a relative of at least one of the individuals, NBC San Diego reports.
