A shooting at the Islamic Centre of San Diego, California, has left three people dead, including a security guard.
Police said they responded to the active shooting reported
three hours ago at the facility, which is the city’s largest mosque.
Scott Wahl, San Diego police chief, said officers forced
their way into the building after discovering three bodies outside.
“There was somewhere between 50 to 100 police officers
inside of that facility,” Wahl said at a press conference.
“At the same time, they were responding to reports of a
shooting at the mosque, law enforcement also received calls about another
shooting a few blocks away.
“A landscaper on scene was shot at but not hit.”
Moments later, officers were called to a third location
“where they found a vehicle in the middle of the street with who we believe to
be the shooters in this incident — both deceased,” he added.
The police chief said they were 17 and 19 years old and
“appear to have died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds”.
He noted that the security guard who was killed “played a
pivotal role in assisting from this being much worse”.
“We are actively investigating the things that led up to
this. Obviously these things don’t typically just happen on a whim, and the
information that we knew preceding it is what we’re actively looking into,”
Wahl said.
Wahl said investigators are considering the shooting a hate
crime “until it’s not”.
President Donald Trump described the shooting as a “terrible
situation”.
According to AFP, Trump told reporters authorities would
look at the incident very strongly.
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