San Diego mosque shooting live updates: 3 killed at Islamic Center, suspects dead, police say
Two suspects, 17 and 18, are also dead after a massive law enforcement response. Police said they died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
What we know
- At least three adults are dead after a shooting at a San Diego mosque and school, police said.
- Among the victims is a security guard, who officials say played a crucial role in limiting the loss of life at the Islamice Center of San Diego.
- Two suspects are also dead after a massive police response to the mosque in the Clairemont neighborhood.
- The pair, 17 and 18, died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.
- An imam from the Islamic Center said all teachers, students and other school staff members who were at the mosque are safe.
- Clairemont is roughly 8 miles north of downtown San Diego.
17-year-old suspect attended virutal high school and was set to graduate this month, district says
Cain Clark was attending school virutally and was on track to graduate later this month, a spokesperson for the San Diego Unified School District said.
The 17-year-old never attended classes at Madison High School, about 1 mile from the Islamic Center, but lived in its attendance zone and could have attended classes there if he chose to, according to spokesperson James Canning.
Clark did wrestle at Madison during the 2024-25 season, Canning said.
He was participating in the district’s iHigh Virtual Academy and would have graduated this month, he said.
Officials have said the 17-year-old, and another suspected teenage gunman, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds after the attack at the center.
Islamic Center director pleads with public to spread tolerance
The Islamic Center of San Diego’s director and imam, Taha Hassane, pleaded with the public to spread tolerance and love instead of hate.
Hassane spoke at the afternoon news conference about the deadly attack at his institution this morning, decrying the conditions that could create such violence.
“My community is mourning,” he said. “The religious intolerance and the hate that unfortunately exists in our nation is unprecedented.”
He suggested Americans can reverse ill will by encouraging tolerance. It needs to be done, he said, “for the sake of this nation, for the sake of the future generations.”
“All of us are responsible for spreading the culture of tolerance, the culture of love,” he added.
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