San Diego mosque shooting to be investigated as hate crime | The BriefWire
San Diego mosque shooting to be investigated as hate crime
Published on 5/20/2026, 7:18:19 AM
Key points
Teenage gunmen have shot dead three men at the Islamic Center of San Diego before killing themselves.
The incident is being treated as a hate crime by investigators.
Two gunmen aged 17 and 18 carried out a shooting attack at a mosque in the southern Californian city of San Diego on Monday, killing three men and then themselves.
The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime, with the two suspects reported by police to have engaged in "generalized hate rhetoric." The shooting triggered a large police deployment Image: Mike Blake/REUTERS What happened in the attack?
Police said the shooting at the mosque was preceded by a call by the mother of one of the shooters to police in the morning saying that the boy had run away with her weapons and vehicle and that she feared he was suicidal.
Quick context: Teenage gunmen have shot dead three men at the Islamic Center of San Diego before killing themselves.