Five dead, including two suspects, after shooting at San Diego mosque

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 18, 2026 · 54 words · By Video by Wassim CORNET

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What to know about Five dead, including two suspects, after shooting at San Diego mosque

Two teenage gunman opened fire on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California, killing three men outside the mosque, one of them a security guard, before the two suspects were found dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.

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FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Two teenage gunman opened fire on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Two teenage gunman opened fire on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California”

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The claim is reported by multiple independent sources: CNBC, a web search result mentioning the San Diego Police Department's X account, and a Wikipedia entry for the '2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shooting'. All confirm two teenage gunmen opened fire at the center on a Monday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 18, 2026, a mass shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), the largest mosque in San Diego, California, United States. Five people were killed, including two teenage shooters…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Islamic_Center_of_San_Die…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khaleel Mohammed (1955 – January 2022) was a Guyanese-born professor of Religion at San Diego State University (SDSU), in San Diego, California, a member of Homeland Security Master's Program, and, as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleel_Mohammed

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego

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Claim 2: “killing three men outside the mosque”

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The Wikipedia entry for the '2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shooting' explicitly states that five people were killed, which included 'two staff members, and a security guard' (totaling 3 victims outside of the shooters). This is further supported by the CNBC report and web search results mentioning 3 dead.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Center of Irvine is a mosque and Islamic community center founded by the Muslims of Irvine, California, on August 28, 2004. The mosque has one of the largest congregations in California, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Center_of_Irvine

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Claim 3: “the two suspects were found dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wounds”

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CNBC reports that the gunmen killed themselves a few blocks away. The Wikipedia entry confirms that among the five people killed were the 'two teenage shooters'.

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Claim 4: “one of them a security guard”

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The Wikipedia entry for the '2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shooting' specifically lists a security guard as one of the victims. This is also corroborated by a web search headline: '3 dead, including hero security guard...'

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