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now is that a police press conference in San Diego on this shooting in San Diego at the mosque.
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now is that a police press conference in San Diego on this shooting in San Diego at the mosque.
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Let's listen in.
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Officers were also responding to that call for service at the same time.
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There was a landscaper that was doing his work that was shot at and fortunately was not hit.
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That was at about the 7100 block of Salerno,
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which is just a couple blocks from here.
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Moments later at the 3800 block of Hatton,
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officers were called to
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that location where they found a vehicle in the middle of
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the street with who we believe to be the shooters in this incident, both deceased.
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The circumstances that led up to this and the details of what happened
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and exactly which time it happened will come out in the days ahead.
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I can tell you, in 28 years,
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this is the most dynamic and impressive response that I have ever seen in policing.
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We have every single police officer available throughout our county
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that dropped what they're doing and did exactly what they're trained to do, run towards gunfire.
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I could not be more proud and I cannot express the gratitude,
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the willingness to step into harm's way in a moment like this.
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And I tell you what got me.
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Watching the kids come running out.
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Just thankful to be alive.
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I want to bring up Mark Remley from the FBI.
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Because of the Islamic Center location,
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We are considering this a hate crime until it's not.
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And at this point, we're going to work closely with the FBI to make sure
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that we are matching all the resources that we need for this investigation.
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So, Mark.
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Mark Premily.
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I'm the special agent in charge of the FBI's San Diego field office.
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Today, the FBI responded to assist our local law enforcement partners at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
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This was based on reports of an active shooter.
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As the Chief said, what we know at this time is that there are three deceased adult males
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and those are the presumed victims at this time.
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On behalf of the FBI,
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we extend our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the victims of this tragic incident.
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There were two subjects, both teenagers and both are confirmed deceased.
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I want to thank our local law enforcement partners for their quick response that undoubtedly saved the additional loss of life.
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The FBI is meticulously assessing the situation
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and is prepared to employ every resource we have to uncover the facts of this incident.
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No community should have to grow through such a tragic incident,
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but we will work tirelessly to learn the truth.
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We have on scene a number of special agents,
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task force officers, our evidence response personnel,
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victim specialists, and many more.
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As we work through this investigation,
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we ask for your patients to determine any motive and facts associated with the shooting.
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The FBI continues to ask for the public's help in providing any information that could help us resolve this investigation
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or remind the public that any detail,
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no matter how small, could be useful.
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The FBI has set up a digital media tip line for information regarding the shooting.
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We ask that the public submit their tips to FBI.gov or call 1-800-PAL-FBI for any information you may have.
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Thank you.
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One more piece of information that I feel to put out.
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There is a reunification center set up at 4125 Hathaway where parents can be reunified with their kids
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and any of their loved ones that might be related to the Islamic Center.
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That is the location where you can be reunified.
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Next I want to bring up the mayor of San Diego, Mayor Todd Gloria.
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Thank you, Chief.
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I want to be here to reemphasize what our police chief said.
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The threat apparently has been addressed.
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Children are safe, and that is a good thing.
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Obviously, we've had the loss of life here at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
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To our local Muslim community,
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my prayers are with you.
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I want to assure our Muslim community
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that we will do everything in tanks to make sure
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that you can feel safe in this city
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and no resource will be spared in making sure that our religious institutions and locations are protected in this sensitive time.
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Again to respond to our calls to clear the area to allow law enforcement to do their jobs.
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I ask you to continue to do that you hear otherwise.
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As she said, students can be picked up at the church just down the street here.
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That information already sent out.
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Obviously we'll have more comments later today,
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but at this moment I want to simply express my immense gratitude in
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that of all four million San Diegans for the incredible law enforcement response that we saw here today.
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As Chief mentioned, response within four minutes.
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We train for this is what we we ask of our public safety professionals
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and they absolutely deliver in the way that we ask them to do so.
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I appreciate our San Diego Police Department,
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our San Diego Fire Rescue Department,
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our Chief of the Fire Department is here as well,
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as well as our local,
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state, and federal partners, many of whom have been in touch with me directly,
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recognizing the gravity of this situation and why it is such a tragic situation for
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which there will be a lot more work to be done in the days and weeks and months ahead.
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Again, my condolences to the victims and their families.
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The Muslim community, one of our great leaders is here in Taha.
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We have directly impacted this time for making sure that we do everything that is necessary.
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To investigate the incident that was here today.
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But to reiterate, as I always will,
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it has no place in the city of San Oh,
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and when it happens in crime of any nature occurs,
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we will hold you accountable.
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Again, appreciation public professionals.
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I'll turn it back to our chief.
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I'll open it up to questions here in just a second.
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I want you to keep in mind,
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we're giving you what we have and what we know at this point,
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and there's a limitation of what we can go into at this point until we can confirm information.
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So with that, we'll open up to a couple questions.
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Thank you for asking.
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How many total are deceased?
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So we have our two suspects that are deceased.
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We have three victims at the Islamic Center.
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All three are adults.
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for a total of five people that are deceased related to this incident.
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I want to confirm the Ebola,
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the countywide one that went out this morning,
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that that was an incident again,
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but for a matter of one thing that is actually a car, Scott Buster, Michigan.
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Yeah, so we are actively investigating that right now to figure out and piece together exactly what led to this moment.
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And as we get that information confirmed and verified,
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we'll be back out here providing more details moving forward.
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So the suspects at this point appear to have died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
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There were no officers involved in firing their weapons.
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Um, but that is still very preliminary at this point.
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Uh, but that's what we believe right now.
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Two males.
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Uh, at this point, we believe them to be 17 and 19.
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Suspects identity was put out in the air pretty quickly with what the suspect already known
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and they had planned this and people were aware of this report happen.
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So again, we are actively investigating the things that led up to this.
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Obviously these things don't typically just happen on a whim.
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And the information that we knew preceding it is what we're actively looking into.
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And once we get that information verified and assembled, we will provide it.
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Yes, ma'am.
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Yeah.
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So the Islamic Center does have security.
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One of the deceased is a security guard that works there.
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And I think played a pivotal role in assisting from this being much worse.
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Chief, are there cameras there?
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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The Islamic Center does have cameras and there is footage.
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There's going to be a tremendous amount of information and details
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that we're going to try to sort and put this puzzle back together again.
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Not confirmed.
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No, we don't.
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Shannon, you know, I don't necessarily know,
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you know, which locations were put on,
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on, you know, a lockdown.
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There's other neighboring schools in the area.
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It's standard protocol.
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When information like this comes out with an active shooter,
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we try our best to get that information out
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and either shelter in place or evacuate from the area if it's ideally safe to do so.
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So that would not be outside of protocol for that to happen.
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Just one more question.
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Yes.
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When they interrupted the scene,
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did they see us still?
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Or did they bring us inside of the camp?
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So our initial officers that got on scene did not engage with the suspects in the parking lot.
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They began to make entry into the Islamic Center.
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They observed three deceased bodies outside of the center,
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which obviously forced them to engage in an active shooter response
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and immediately deploy inside of the Islamic Center and start working from room to room.
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They did have to breach doors to get into all of the different rooms.
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Extremely chaotic.
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There was somewhere between 50 to 100 police officers inside of that facility.
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All of you that responded here could see how many officers
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and deputies from around the county that were surrounding the outside of the facility.
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We also have the scene a couple blocks away
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where we had active gunfire coming in on a landscaper that was just out there doing his job.
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Thankfully, he's okay, was not hit.
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He was not injured.
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But we got a lot of work to do to try to figure out what led up to this
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and exactly what actions took place but I can tell you with 100% certainty.
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The heroic actions of the responding officers and deputies is beyond words.
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To know that this many of our public servants are willing to leave their loved ones behind,
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drop what they're doing, and run towards gunfire without asking any questions is remarkable.
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You mentioned one of the victims,
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the security guard, Can you tell us anything about the U.S letter of the organization?
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Not yet.
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We're obviously making notifications as we speak to family and loved ones,
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and so I want to respect that.
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So, we will be back.
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We will be back with more information a little bit later today.
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Thank you, guys.
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Would Bob like to say anything?
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All right.
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We have been listening to the police chief in California giving an update there.
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It's the largest mosque in San Diego area.
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There was a shooting today.
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Three adult victims are dead.
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There's a school on the campus as well.
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Two shooters are dead and apparently from self-inflicted gun wounds.
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And they were described by the FBI agent there as teens.
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And the police chief said they believe they are ages 17 and 19.
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All the children at the school were safe.
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And the police officer there,
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the chief, saying that they will consider this a hate crime until it is not.
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It's still early in this situation.
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Just to recap, three adult victims were killed today.
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And it appears that the suspects were two teenagers who died of self-inflicted gun wounds.
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So more to come on that.
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