By, Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, Kyung Lah, Norma Galeana, Elizabeth Wolfe, for CNN

Two women embrace as they leave a reunification center following the shooting.

Less than two weeks before his death, Amin Abdullah said his view of success was based not on what people thought of him in life, but whether he had a "pure soul" at the end.

"May Allahu ta'ala (God almighty) grant us Husnal Khatimah (a righteous ending to life)," Abdullah posted to Facebook on May 5.

"Brother Amin Abdullah got exactly what he desired," said a man commenting on that Facebook post Monday, hours after the security guard was killed while protecting adults and children inside the Islamic Center of San Diego from a pair of teenage shooters.