San Diego police said Friday they continue to investigate the deadly May 18 shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, including their own staffing and response, in the face of questions from the grieving community.
“We want the public to know that we are working on this,” SDPD spokeswoman Ashley Nicholes said in an interview Friday. “We want the same answers, right? What did we know? What could we do better? If there’s indications that could point to that, we want those answers too. And so we are right there with the community, and that’s why our investigators and the FBI are working hand-in-hand, day and night, to try to put those answers together.”
Police released a timeline last Friday showing the mother of one of the teenage gunmen first called 911 two hours before the shooting to report her son, 17-year-old Cain Clark, and a weapon missing from their home. According to police, she said at the time that he left with a man who may have been named Caleb whom he met online and that both were wearing camouflage. Caleb turned out to be 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez, who court records show so concerned Chula Vista police with his behavior idolizing mass shooters that the department obtained a gun violence restraining order against him in January 2025…