Days after the Islamic Center of San Diego shooting (taken place on Monday, May 18), the curiosity around the identity of its perpetrators – Caleb Vazquez and Cain Clark – has grown on social media platforms.
It appears that in the process of digging into the deceased shooters, someone has misidentified another person sharing Caleb’s surname, and circulating his photos online as him.
ATTN Media: The current photo circulating of Islamic Center attacker Caleb Vazquez is NOT correct according to Jakub Vazquez, who says he knew one of the attackers through wrestling two years ago but has had no contact with him since. REPEAT: the photo currently circulating… pic.twitter.com/ZRm0tqbjeg
— Amy Reichert (@amyforsandiego) May 20, 2026
To clear the spreading misinformation online, the person – named Jakub Vazquez – posted a video on social media on Tuesday (May 19). In the video, Jakub reveals the link between him and Caleb – besides their surname – which could’ve led to the confusion in the first place, saying:…