San Diego Shooting: Teenage gunmen open fire on a San Diego mosque, killing 3 men and then themselves

On May 18, 2026, law enforcement authorities responded to an active San Diego Shooting scenario at the Islamic Center of San Diego, a mosque in the Clairemont district in the State.

On May 18, 2026, law enforcement authorities responded to an active shooter scenario at the Islamic Center of San Diego, a mosque in the Clairemont district of San Diego.

Two adolescent gunmen opened fire at a San Diego mosque on Monday, killing three men before killing themselves a few streets away, in an act that police are investigating as a hate crime.

The Islamic Center of San Diego received no particular threat, but detectives discovered evidence that the suspects used “generalized hate rhetoric,” according to San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl. He declined to provide further specifics, but stated that the “circumstances that led up to this” would be revealed in the coming days.

Before the incident, officers were hunting for one of the adolescents after his mother called police, afraid that he was suicidal and had fled, Wahl said. Weapons were stolen from the house, and the mother’s vehicle had vanished, he said.