The two teenage suspects who opened fire on a San Diego mosque scrawled hate rhetoric on their weapons before carrying out the attack. Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, were found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds after the shooting on Monday which saw three people killed.
Officials told CNN that hate speech was inscribed on one of the weapons used in the attack. Authorities said on a Monday night news conference that police first received a call about a 'runaway juvenile'. One of their mothers reported that her son was suicidal, that several of her weapons were missing and that her son was with a 'companion' dressed in camouflage.
She had also found a note that her son left behind. 'That began to trigger a larger threat assessment picture,' Police Chief Scott Wahl said. Investigators are also probing anti-Islamic writings that were also found inside the vehicle.
One of those who was killed was security guard Amin Abdullah, a father of eight children. His friend Anees Faraj, a fellow security guard at the mosque who was not working, described the events as shocking and confirmed Amin as the guard who died. Police Chief Wahl said that Amin and his actions helped prevent an even deadlier attack. On Monday night Wahl said: 'His actions were heroic and he undoubtedly saved lives today.'
TV footage from a helicopter showed armed response teams gathered outside a building, with one unidentified person lying in a pool of blood. This is a breaking news story.
