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<\/p>\nSAN DIEGO, Calif. \u2014 As community members drop off flowers to remember the three men killed in Monday\u2019s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, a disturbing picture of the two teenage shooters is emerging.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the vehicle they used we also identified writings and various ideologies outlining religious and racial beliefs of how the world they envisioned should look,\u201d said FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Remily.<\/p>\n
The FBI believes Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, were radicalized online and livestreamed the attack as it unfolded. Law enforcement investigators say the two teens met online and later became acquaintances after realizing they both lived in San Diego.<\/p>\n
The FBI executed search warrants at the teens\u2019 homes Monday night following the shooting that left three men dead. A manifesto was recovered and investigators are working to go through the teen\u2019s electronic devices, Remily said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey didn\u2019t discriminate on who they hated. It was a wide variety of races.\u201d<\/p>\n
Remily said over 30 weapons, including pistols, shotguns, rifles and tactical gear were found in one of the homes.<\/p>\n
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Gerald Labrador<\/p>\n
Gregory Gibson lives across the street from the Islamic Center and told ABC 10 News Investigative Reporter Austin Grabish that he heard the gunshots Monday morning and saw a man run away.<\/p>\n
San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said Clark\u2019s mother had called police around 9:30 Monday morning, concerned her son was suicidal.<\/p>\n
A countywide alert then went out on law enforcement radio channels about possible \u201cterrorist threats.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘I saw people running’<\/p>\n
In a recording, a dispatcher can be heard saying the teen had taken guns from his parents’ safe and that he left a note \u201csaying he\u2019s too far gone and this is going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
By 11:43 a.m. San Diego police received a call about a reported active shooter at the mosque.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard, like, a pop, pop, pop, it was sort of, you know, muffled. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was in my vehicle, and all of a sudden, I just, I saw people running. Everyone just started to run,\u201d said Gregory Gibson, who lives across the street from the Islamic Center.<\/p>\n
Gibson recently moved into the area and said the mosque\u2019s security guard, Amin Abdullah, who was killed in the shooting, was loved by everyone in the area.<\/p>\n
Teen had neo-Nazi rhetoric on social media<\/p>\n
\u201cThe security guard’s been watching over my landlord, keeping an eye on her, and people in the neighborhood. So, it was such a great asset.\u201d<\/p>\n
Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer believes the teens likely showed warning signs.
\u201cOften when these thoughts and feelings manifest, it starts very early.\u201d<\/p>\n
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