A suicide note with writings about racial pride, hate speech on a weapon. What we know about the San Diego shooting susp

Authorities are investigating what led a 17-year-old homeschooled wrestler and an 18-year-old to allegedly open fire on San Diego’s largest mosque on Monday, killing three people in what police have called a hate crime. The suspects were found dead in a car on a street close to the mosque with apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to multiple law enforcement officials. As part of their investigation, authorities are looking at hate speech scrawled on one of the weapons used in the attack, and a suicide note that contained writings about racial pride, officials have said. The FBI is working closely with law enforcement partners, said Mark Remily, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Diego field office, adding investigators were interviewing family and friends of the suspects and “gathering all the evidence from the scene for review.” The 17-year-old suspect has been identified by a law enforcement source and audio from police dispatch as Cain Clark, while the identity of the second suspect has not been released. About two hours before the shooting was reported, police received a call from Clark’s mother who reported her son and vehicle missing, alongsid

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