A shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday left three men dead, including a mosque security guard, while two teenage suspects were later discovered dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, authorities said.
Officer Anthony Carrasco said people reported multiple shots at the Islamic Center of San Diego, about 9 miles (14 km) north of downtown San Diego.
The Islamic Center is the largest mosque in San Diego County, according to its website. The campus includes the Al Rashid School, which the website says offers courses in Arabic language, Islamic studies and the Quran.
Aerial TV footage showed more than a dozen children holding hands and being walked out of the parking lot of the center that is surrounded by scores of police vehicles. The white mosque is in a neighborhood of homes, apartments and strip malls with Middle Eastern restaurants and markets.
Police vehicles crowd nearby streets after an "active shooter situation" was reported at the Islamic Center in the Clairemont community of San Diego, California, U.S. May 18, 2026 in a still image from aerial video. (ABC Affiliate KGTV via Reuters)
