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Shock in San Diego after deadly shooting at the city’s largest mosque\n <\/p>\n
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Shock in San Diego after deadly shooting at the city’s largest mosque<\/p>\n
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\n When Ammar Campa-Najjar saw the news about a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, it hit close to home, he told CNN, because he attended the school at the mosque growing up.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhen I heard that there was where they had gone, where the gunman had gone, I remember where those places are, what those classrooms rooms were,\u201d he told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper. The director of the Islamic Center said that all kids, teachers and staff were safe<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Later speaking to CNN\u2019s Lynda Kinkade, he said he had known one of the victims since he was six years old.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cHe worked at the convenience store in the mosque. And when I would wait for my mom to pick me up from school, he\u2019d be there and he\u2019d give me some treats.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Campa-Najjar said he first went to the school at the age of six, for first and second grade. \u201cThen I lived in Gaza for a couple years and came back to that school and finished middle school.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Campa-Najjar, who is running as a Democrat in a nearby California congressional district, said the \u201centire country should be in mourning.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cAn attack on one of us is an attack on all of us in this country. And this is an American tragedy, not just for one community.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n He called on all Americans to \u201cstep up and speak out and say that this kind of hate has no place.\u201d\n <\/p>\n