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North Carolina teen indicted in San Diego mosque shooting over livestream
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In North Carolina, aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same punishment as if the girl had committed the attack herself In North Carolina, aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same punishment as if the girl had committed the attack herself A 17-year-old girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ hate-filled writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, according to a North Carolina district attorney.
Kaziha and Awad were trying to lure the two gunmen away from the mosque but were “unfortunately unable to flee,” San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said at a press conference after the shooting. The two shooters in the attack, identified by authorities as Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego 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 who were inside.
The San Diego County DA's Office said in a statement Monday: "The investigation into the horrific murders of three innocent people targeting the Islamic Center of San Diego includes identifying anyone who has potential criminal liability.
"Their plan that day was to commit mass murders not only at the mosque but to follow up at a local Jewish temple and finally at a predominantly African American high school there in town," he said. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill said at a news conference that she was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury Monday, just before she was due to begin the school year.
She agreed before the attack that she would record the livestream, distribute it and release a document written by the shooters, according to an indictment seen by The Associated Press. Abdullah, a father of eight who was working as a security guard, was able to keep the two teenage gunmen from entering the mosque, Wahl said.
“The individual here, locally, was the person who was recording the livestream," O'Neill said. The livestream was recorded using GoPro helmets worn by the gunmen, O'Neill said.
Authorities had said the teens had stockpiled 30 guns and a crossbow, weapons taken from Clark's parents.
What's confirmed
- In North Carolina, aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same punishment as if the girl had committed the attack herself In North Carolina, aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same punishment as if the girl had…
- In North Carolina, aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same punishment as if the girl had committed the attack herself In North Carolina, aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same punishment as if the girl had committ
- Kaziha and Awad were trying to lure the two gunmen away from the mosque but were “unfortunately unable to flee,” San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said at a press conference after the shooting.
- The San Diego County DA's Office said in a statement Monday: "The investigation into the horrific murders of three innocent people targeting the Islamic Center of San Diego includes identifying anyone who has potential c
- "Their plan that day was to commit mass murders not only at the mosque but to follow up at a local Jewish temple and finally at a predominantly African American high school there in town," he said.
- She agreed before the attack that she would record the livestream, distribute it and release a document written by the shooters, according to an indictment seen by The Associated Press.
What's still developing
- Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill said at a news conference that she was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury Monday, just before she was due to begin the school year.
- The two shooters in the attack, identified by authorities as Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18 before being driven back outside by a security guard who exchanged…
- The livestream was recorded using GoPro helmets worn by the gunmen, O'Neill said.
- "Their plan that day was to commit mass murders not only at the mosque but to follow up at a local Jewish temple and finally at a predominantly African American high school there in town," he said.
- Authorities had said the teens had stockpiled 30 guns and a crossbow, weapons taken from Clark's parents.
- The San Diego County DA's Office said in a statement Monday: "The investigation into the horrific murders of three innocent people targeting the Islamic Center of San Diego includes identifying anyone who has…
- She agreed before the attack that she would record the livestream, distribute it and release a document written by the shooters, according to an indictment seen by The Associated Press .
- “The individual here, locally, was the person who was recording the livestream," O'Neill said.