attacked mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand,<\/a> in 2019, killing 51 people.<\/p>\nMuslim American organizations noted that anti-Muslim rhetoric has been on the rise across the U.S. <\/p>\n
The two suspects met online before discovering they both lived in the San Diego area, the FBI said. \u201cIn terms of how the radicalization occurred, we\u2019re still digging into that,\u201d Remily said.<\/p>\n
James Canning, a spokesman for San Diego Unified School District, said Clark had been attending school online since 2021 and was set to graduate next month. In 2024, he was a member of the wrestling team at Madison High School. Canning said Clark had no record of disciplinary issues in high school.<\/p>\n
Neighbors Marne and Ted Celaya said they last saw Clark a few hours before the shooting and that he waved as he got into a car alone and drove away. They described the family as good neighbors and recalled watching Cain grow up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s unbelievable,\u201d Marne Celaya said of the shooting. \u201cHe’s helped me bring in my groceries.\u201d <\/p>\n
Police said the security guard opened fire when the shooters arrived at the Islamic Center and tried to barge inside. <\/p>\n
As the shooters made their way into the lobby, they wounded the guard, who kept firing at them, forcing them back outside, where the attackers fatally shot him, Police Chief Scott Wahl said.<\/p>\n
The pair went back inside and searched through rooms that were emptied during the lockdown, Wahl said. They exited into the parking lot, where they fatally shot Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad, according to police. The men drew the attackers farther away from the building, Wahl said.<\/p>\n
Kaziha, known as Abu Ezz, \u201cwas everything\u201d to the Islamic Center, Hassane said. \u201cHe was the handyman. He was the cook. He was the caretaker,\u201d Hassane said.<\/p>\n
Abdullah had worked at the mosque for more than a decade.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted to defend the innocent so he decided to become a security guard,\u201d said family friend Shaykh Uthman Ibn Farooq.<\/p>\n
Hassane cried as leaders of different faiths embraced him at a vigil Tuesday evening to honor the victims. He told the hundreds who had gathered at a park next to the center that they were there to celebrate the community\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are here to celebrate the patience, the resilience of the Muslim community,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are here to honor our heroes, our martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Islamic Center sits in a neighborhood with Middle Eastern restaurants and markets. It includes Al Rashid School, which offers courses in Arabic language, Islamic studies and the Quran for students ages 5 and up, its website says.<\/p>\n
Josie-Ana Edenshaw, who has been going to the mosque for three years, said it was especially welcoming to new Muslims.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve always opened their doors, even to people who aren\u2019t Muslim, they invite people to Ramadan dinners,\u201d Edenshaw said. \u201cEvery person at that masjid will smile at you,\u201d using the Arabic word for mosque.<\/p>\n
The center’s imam said Tuesday that the mosque and its community wasn’t immune to threats over the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have never ever expected such things to happen at the Islamic Center of San Diego,\u201d Hassane said. \u201cI mean we are used to receiving hate mails, hate messages, people driving by and cursing and all that stuff. But such horrible crime, we have never expected this.\u201d <\/p>\n
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Nadir Awad’s first name. It’s Nadir, not Nader.<\/p>\n
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Biesecker reported from Washington and Seewer from Toledo. Eric Tucker in Washington; Mariam Fam in Winter Park, Florida; Jaimie Ding and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City; Javier Arciga and Gregory Bull in San Diego; and Gene Johnson and Hallie Golden in Seattle also contributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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