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Deadly shooting at San Diego's largest mosque

Officers evacuated people from the Clairemont mosque as police responded Monday afternoon.

Politics & Policy

Five people are dead — including two gunmen — after a shooting at the Islamic Center of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="San Diego" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego" data-vars-content-id="51a70942-b794-481d-b880-4f1c2617effa" data-vars-headline="Deadly shooting at San Diego&#x27;s largest mosque" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego" target="_self">San Diego</a> in Clairemont, according to San Diego Police.

San Diego mosque shooting victims praised for "heroic" actions

The 3 community members are being remembered for protecting children and others.

The three victims in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Monday&#x27;s shooting" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/18/shooting-san-diego-islamic-center" data-vars-content-id="83203d6a-8309-4dcd-9b8e-91bb216300bc" data-vars-headline="San Diego mosque shooting victims praised for &quot;heroic&quot; actions" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/18/shooting-san-diego-islamic-center" target="_self">Monday&#x27;s shooting</a> at the Islamic Center of San Diego were all beloved members of the Muslim community and acted heroically to save other lives, according to community leaders and San Diego police.Security guard Amin Abdullah, as well as community members Mansour Kaziha and Nader Awad, were shot outside <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the center&#x27;s" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/18/san-diego-islamic-center-shooting-mosque-threats" data-vars-content-id="83203d6a-8309-4dcd-9b8e-91bb216300bc" data-vars-headline="San Diego mosque shooting victims praised for &quot;heroic&quot; actions" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/18/san-diego-islamic-center-shooting-mosque-threats" target="_self">the center&#x27;s</a> entrance and are being lauded for preventing violence from reaching children attending school inside.

Some in San Diego Islamic Center community feared attack for years

Some in San Diego Muslim community feared attack for years

"This is all of our nightmares," she told Axios.

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Homayra Yusufi has gone to the Islamic Center of San Diego since she was a child and told Axios that the community has long been afraid something like <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Monday&#x27;s fatal shooting" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/18/shooting-san-diego-islamic-center" data-vars-content-id="4352fb97-be0a-46aa-a06c-57fa0636331a" data-vars-headline="Some in San Diego Islamic Center community feared attack for years" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/18/shooting-san-diego-islamic-center" target="_self">Monday&#x27;s fatal shooting</a> would happen. <ul><li>&quot;The Islamic Center has gotten multiple threats of violence, and so this is all of our nightmares,&quot; she said.</li></ul>

How California's gubernatorial candidates would tackle homelessness

Their proposals range from interim housing expansion to mandatory treatment and camp removals.

Politics

Editor&#x27;s note: This is part 2 of our series hearing from California&#x27;s gubernatorial candidates on pressing issues in our state. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Go here" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/14/june-2-primary-california-gas-electricity-affordability" data-vars-content-id="bc95154d-5360-4fa5-a370-518deb8d9191" data-vars-headline="How California&#x27;s gubernatorial candidates would tackle homelessness" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/05/14/june-2-primary-california-gas-electricity-affordability" target="_self">Go here</a> to read part 1.<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Homelessness" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/02/03/san-diego-homelessness-hhap-state-grant-funding-budget-risk" data-vars-content-id="bc95154d-5360-4fa5-a370-518deb8d9191" data-vars-headline="How California&#x27;s gubernatorial candidates would tackle homelessness" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/02/03/san-diego-homelessness-hhap-state-grant-funding-budget-risk" target="_self">Homelessness</a> continues to be one of the biggest problems in California, and we asked the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="candidates for governor" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/05/10/gavin-newsom-california-governor-race" data-vars-content-id="bc95154d-5360-4fa5-a370-518deb8d9191" data-vars-headline="How California&#x27;s gubernatorial candidates would tackle homelessness" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/05/10/gavin-newsom-california-governor-race" target="_self">candidates for governor</a> how they&#x27;d handle it.

San Diego historian explores first U.S. deportation in new film

"Banishment" dramatizes the 1893 Supreme Court case that defined modern deportation — with haunting relevance today.

Immigration

The current contention around <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="deportations" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/06/02/ice-raid-san-diego-south-park" data-vars-content-id="3170729b-3a6b-431c-9e65-dec19680c726" data-vars-headline="San Diego historian explores first U.S. deportation in new film" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/06/02/ice-raid-san-diego-south-park" target="_self">deportations</a> has spurred a San Diego historian to look back to the first deportation in U.S. history.Why it matters: MacArthur fellows Kelly Lytle Hernández, a La Jolla native, and Alex Rivera tell that story in a new film, &quot;Banishment,&quot; whose central themes echo ongoing events today.