The teenage suspects who opened fire at the San Diego Islamic Center on Monday were identified as Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News. They were found dead inside a vehicle of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Authorities said at a news conference on Monday that police first received a call about a ‘runaway juvenile,’ with the teen’s mother reporting that her son was suicidal, that several of her weapons were missing and that her son was with
a ‘companion’ dressed in camouflage. She had also found a note that her son left behind. ‘That began to trigger a larger threat assessment picture,’ Police Chief Scott Wahl said. ‘Our threat management unit began to take the tips and leads that we had and utilize the technology we have available to us.’ Investigators are now probing anti-Islamic writings that were also found inside the vehicle, but Wahl said there were no specific threats made against the mosque or any other facility.
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