Sarah Santiago, 17, is charged as an adult with three counts of murder by aiding and abetting and one count of conspiracy. Prosecutors say she helped California teens Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez, who shot and killed three people<\/a> at the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18 before killing themselves.<\/p>\n Prosecutors in North Carolina allege Santiago agreed in advance to record and distribute a livestream of the attack made by the shooters and to disseminate their white-supremacist writings. She is also accused of buying a patch bearing a white-supremacist symbol and sending it to one of the gunmen to wear during the attack.<\/p>\n But prosecutors have yet to provide information about how or on what dates Santiago allegedly communicated with the shooters, or give details about the alleged agreement to record and disseminate the livestream, her attorney, Alan Doorasamy, said during a court hearing Monday.<\/p>\n Doorasamy filed a formal request for the information \u2014 known as a \u201cbill of particulars\u201d \u2014 on Friday, and the judge scheduled a hearing Wednesday on the motion. The motion does not seek to force the prosecutor\u2019s office to turn over actual evidence, but rather to provide more information clarifying the allegations against Santiago.<\/p>\n Prosecutors have not yet responded to Doorasamy\u2019s request. The Forsyth County District Attorney\u2019s Office did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cShe needs to know why she was arrested,\u201d Doorasamy told The Associated Press in comments outside the courthouse Monday. \u201cShe\u2019s a child. Of course she\u2019s very scared and she\u2019s worried, but she\u2019s done nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n FILE \u2013 A note attached to flowers is placed outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, the day after a shooting, May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)\n<\/p>\n FILE \u2013 Candles with victim\u2019s names written on them are placed outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, in the aftermath of a shooting, on May 20, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Ty ONeil, File)\n<\/p>\n Show Caption<\/p>\n 1 of 2<\/p>\n FILE \u2013 A note attached to flowers is placed outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, the day after a shooting, May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)\n<\/p>\n Expand<\/a><\/p>\n Santiago was arrested late last month and is being held without bail. Under North Carolina law, the aiding-and-abetting charges \u2014 in the event of a conviction \u2014 carry the same penalties as if the defendant had committed the attack.<\/p>\n Clark, 17, and Vazquez, 18, stormed the Islamic Center on May 18 before being driven back outside by a security guard who exchanged gunfire with them as he initiated a lockdown, helping to protect 140 children just steps away.<\/p>\n The pair killed the guard, Amin Abdullah<\/a>, and two other men before taking their own lives in a nearby vehicle. They left behind rambling writings<\/a> full of vitriol against a wide range of people, and cited the shooter who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, as one of the models for their violence.<\/p>\n Clark and Vazquez also planned subsequent attacks on two other targets: a Jewish temple and Black students at a high school, authorities said. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O\u2019Neill credited the guard and other victims at the mosque with saving countless lives.<\/p>\n In a written statement, the Vazquez family said Caleb Vazquez was on the autism spectrum and had grown to resent parts of his identity. The family said it believed those factors, combined with exposure to hateful rhetoric online, contributed to his radicalization.<\/p>\n Associated Press reporter Gene Johnson in Seattle contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By ALLEN G. BREED WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 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