Teen faces life over livestream of San Diego mosque attack

A 17-year-old girl from North Carolina has been charged with murder for her role in a shooting that killed three people at a mosque in San Diego, according to the Forsyth County District Attorney, Jim O'Neill. The girl, whose name was not disclosed during a news conference, was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy.

O'Neill stated that the girl was the one recording the live stream of the attack and disseminating the attackers' white-supremacist writings and manifesto. The assailants, Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez, entered the Islamic Center on May 18 before being confronted by a security guard. The gunman killed the guard, Amin Abdullah, and two others before taking their own lives nearby.

The attackers' writings expressed deep hatred towards various groups and referenced the gunman who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019 as a source of inspiration for their actions.