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Three Men Hailed as Heroes Killed in San Diego Mosque Shooting | Crime Alert 05.20.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sydney Silvani.
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  Speaker 1: In southern California, a community is mourning following a tragic
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  Speaker 1: attack at a San Diego mosque. On Monday, two teenage
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  Speaker 1: gunmen opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego,
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  Speaker 1: killing three people before taking their own lives. Authorities are
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  Speaker 1: currently investigating the mass shooting as a possible hate crime.
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  Speaker 1: The three victims have been identified as Mansour Kaziha, Nadar Awad,
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  Speaker 1: and a Mien. Abdullah Abdullah, an armed security guard at
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  Speaker 1: the center, is being hailed as a hero. Police say
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  Speaker 1: that after being struck during an outdoor gun battle with
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  Speaker 1: the suspects, Abdullah managed to reach his radio and initiate
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  Speaker 1: a building wide lockdown protocol, successfully protecting those inside. San
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  Speaker 1: Diego Police Chief Scott Wall detailed the critical impact of
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  Speaker 1: Abdullah's bravery.
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  Speaker 2: His actions, without a doubt, delayed, distracted, and ultimately deterred
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  Speaker 2: these two individuals from gaining access to the greater areas
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  Speaker 2: of the mosque, where as many as one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: forty kids were within fifteen feet of these suspects.
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  Speaker 1: The other two victims, Kaziha, a longtime caretaker who first
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  Speaker 1: dialed nine to one one and awand were fatally shot
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  Speaker 1: in the parking lot after attempting to intervene and protect
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  Speaker 1: the facility. Officials have identified the suspects as seventeen year
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  Speaker 1: old Kine Clark an eighteen year old Caleb Vasquez. Following
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  Speaker 1: search warrants, the FBI recovered more than thirty firearms, ammunition,
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  Speaker 1: and tactical gear. Investigators are also working to authenticate a
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  Speaker 1: seventy five page online manifesto linked to the suspects that
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  Speaker 1: details white supremacist ideologies alongside anti Islamic, anti Semitic, and
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  Speaker 1: anti LGBTQ views. FBI official Mark Remilly addressed the ongoing
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  Speaker 1: analysis of the suspects writings.
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  Speaker 3: In the vehicle they use. We also identified writings in
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  Speaker 3: various idea outlining religious and racial beliefs of how the
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  Speaker 3: world they envisioned should look. These subjects did not discriminate
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  Speaker 3: on who they hated.
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  Speaker 1: The shooting has rattled Muslim communities nationwide, drawing widespread condemnation
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  Speaker 1: and prompt demands from civil rights groups to confront islamophobia.
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  Speaker 1: Moski mom to Ha hasin called the violence unprecedented, stating
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  Speaker 1: that all communities must now share the responsibility of spreading
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  Speaker 1: a culture of tolerance. In New York, a horrific scene
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  Speaker 1: on Manhattan's Upper West Side has left two people dead
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  Speaker 1: and several others hospitalized. The NYPDS as a suspected drunk
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  Speaker 1: driver caused a massive, violent chain reaction collision Friday evening
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  Speaker 1: around six pm. The tragedy unfolded at the busy intersection
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  Speaker 1: of West one hundred and ninth Street in Amsterdam Avenue.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators say sixty one year old Elvin Suarez was driving
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  Speaker 1: a twenty nineteen Mercedes SUV northbound when he first struck
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  Speaker 1: a parked Volkswagen Jetta. Suarez that allegedly accelerated through the intersection,
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  Speaker 1: violently jumped a median and plowed directly into four pedestrians.
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  Speaker 1: The speeding Mercedes did not stop there. It slammed into
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  Speaker 1: an occupied van, pushing that vehicle into a row of
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  Speaker 1: four parked cars. Emergency crews rushed the victims to Mount
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  Speaker 1: Sinai Morningside Hospital. Tragically, two pedestrians, identified as forty six
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  Speaker 1: year old Jason Necgrone and thirty five year old Michael
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  Speaker 1: Saint Hilaire succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced dead. Suarez,
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  Speaker 1: the occupant of the van, and two other pedestrians, ages
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  Speaker 1: forty four and thirty six, survived in stable condition. Suarez
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  Speaker 1: was immediately placed under arrest. He's facing severe charges, including
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  Speaker 1: two counts of manslaughter, two counts of vehicular assault, and
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  Speaker 1: driving well intoxicated. The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad
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  Speaker 1: is continuing to recreate the scene to determine exactly how
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  Speaker 1: fast Suarez was traveling before the catastrophic impact. More crime
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  Speaker 1: and justice news after this, A bizarre viral stunt in
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  Speaker 1: Japan has landed two American nationals in hot water. On Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: authorities arrested a twenty four year old college student and
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  Speaker 1: a twenty seven year old self described singer at the
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  Speaker 1: Ichikawa City Zoo. The reason a reckless bid for social
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  Speaker 1: media clout. Videos circulating online show a person dressed in
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  Speaker 1: a full emoji costume climbing over a barrier straight into
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  Speaker 1: the Japanese macaque enclosure. The intruder dropped a small stuffed
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  Speaker 1: toy near the monkeys, startling the troop and causing them
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  Speaker 1: to scatter in fear. Zoo staff intervened immediately, while no
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  Speaker 1: physical contact was made and no animals were hurt. The
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  Speaker 1: two men were handed over to police on suspicion of
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  Speaker 1: forcible obstruction of business. According to local reports, one suspect
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  Speaker 1: is refusing to cooperate, while the other denies the allegations entirely.
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  Speaker 1: So why target this specific enclosure. The short answer is
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  Speaker 1: Internet fame. The stunt took place at the home of Punch,
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  Speaker 1: a young macaque who became a global Internet sensation. Punch
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  Speaker 1: has had a tough start to life. He was abandoned
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  Speaker 1: by his mother shortly after his birth in July twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five. When zookeepers tried to reintegrate him into the
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  Speaker 1: Monkey Mountain Troop earlier this year, he was heavily bullied
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  Speaker 1: and isolated. To cope, Punch bonded deeply with a stuffed
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  Speaker 1: orange orangutan toy, clutching it for comfort. Videos of the
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  Speaker 1: lonely monkey and his plushy went viral, drawing massive, hours
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  Speaker 1: long lines of visitors to the zoo. Fortunately, the zoo
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  Speaker 1: is confirmed that Punch and his troops survived the weekend's
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  Speaker 1: disruption unscathed. The zoo has temporarily closed some viewing areas
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  Speaker 1: to enhance security measures, but operations are continuing. As for
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  Speaker 1: Punch's progress, zookeepers say their patience is paying off. Recent
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  Speaker 1: footage shows him finally initiating social contact with a gentle
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  Speaker 1: female macaque, even hitching a piggyback ride, a vital milestone
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  Speaker 1: for his development. While he still grabs his stuffed toy
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  Speaker 1: when he feels threatened, experts hope stunts like Sundays won't
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  Speaker 1: set his recovery back. For the latest crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: breaking news, be sure to tune in tomorrow on your
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  Speaker 1: favorite podcast app with this crime alert. I'm Sydney Solvani.