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Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

San Diego mosque shooting to be investigated as hate crime You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. Skip to content Skip to main menu Skip to more DW sites Latest videos Latest audio Regions Africa Asia Europe Latin America Middle East North America Germany Topics Climate Equality Health Human Rights Migration Technology Categories Business Science Environment Culture Sports In focus Ebola Ukraine Iran Latest audio Latest videos Live TV Advertisement Crime United States of America San Diego mosque shooting to be investigated as hate crime Timothy Jones with AP, Reuters, AFP 05/19/2026 May 19, 2026 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. https://p.dw.com/p/5Dx2

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San Diego mosque shooting to be investigated as hate crime You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. Skip to content Skip to main menu Skip to more DW sites Latest videos Latest audio Regions Africa Asia Europe Latin America Middle East North America Germany Topics Climate Equality Health Human Rights Migration Technology Categories Business Science Environment Culture Sports In focus Ebola Ukraine Iran Latest audio Latest videos Live TV Advertisement Crime United States of America San Diego mosque shooting to be investigated as hate crime Timothy Jones with AP, Reuters, AFP 05/19/2026 May 19, 2026 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. https://p.dw.com/p/5Dx2g The shooting took place at San Diego county's largest mosque Image: ABC Affiliate KGTV/REUTERS Advertisement Two gunmen aged 17 and 18 carried out a&#160; shooting attack at a mosque in the southern&#160;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&#160;have&#160;engaged in "generalized hate rhetoric." The shooting triggered a large police deployment Image: Mike Blake/REUTERS What happened in&#160;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. As police were searching&#160;for the boy, additionally alarmed by information that he was dressed in camouflage and had a companion, reports arrived of a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, some 15 kilometers&#160;(9 miles) from the city&#160;center.&#160; When police arrived, more shots were fired a few blocks away. The shooters were then&#160;found dead with apparently self-inflicted gunwounds in a vehicle stopped in the middle of a road nearby, according to&#160;San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl. Wahl said no officers fired their weapons at the scene. Police stood guard as emergency workers attended the scene Image: Mike Blake/REUTERS 'Heroic' security guard among the victims Wahl said a security guard at the mosque&#160;was among the three people&#160;killed in the attack and that his response had helped prevent more deaths. "His actions were heroic and he undoubtedly saved lives today," Wahl said. The identities of the other two victims were not immediately clear. The Islamic center also houses a school, but its director, Imam Taha Hassane, said none of the students was harmed.&#160;&#160; "We have never experienced tragedy like this before," Hassane said. "And at this moment all that I can say is, sending our prayers and standing in solidarity with all the families in our community here," he said. Hassane said the center promoted interfaith relations and that a group of non-Muslims had been v

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