Teen attackers in mosque shooting were wallowing in hate, investigators say

U.S. Teen attackers in San Diego Islamic Center shooting were wallowing in hate, investigators say By Anna Schecter, Anna Schecter Senior Coordinating Producer, Crime and Public Safety Unit Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Read Full Bio Anna Schecter, Pat Milton, Pat Milton Senior producer, CBS News Investigative Unit Pat Milton, an award-winning journalist, is the senior producer of the CBS News Investigative Unit, specializing in national security, the FBI, Intelligence and federal law enforcement. Read Full Bio Pat Milton, Samantha Vinograd, Rhona Tarrant May 19, 2026 / 7:13 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google The two teens who carried out a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday were wallowing in a world of hate."These subjects did not discriminate in who they hated," said Mark Remily, special agent in charge of the FBI's San Diego Field Office, at a press conference Tuesday.  Authorities said they believe the two teens met online and discovered they were both residents of the San Diego area before meeting in person.The two, radicalized online, shared a hate-filled vision of the world, according to investigators. A document the FBI called a "manifesto," which has been reviewed by CBS News, appears to glorify past mass shooters and spout anti-Islamic and antisemitic rhetoric as well as racist and misogynistic speech.A suicide note left by one of the teens indicated he was willing to die for his abhorrent cause, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.One of the teens, 17-year-old Cain Clark, was on the wrestling team at a local high school. The other, Caleb Vazquez, was 18.Investigators are probing evidence that indicates the teens were influenced by a litany of mass shooters, including the perpetrator of a 2019 mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, that the attacker livestreamed. The teens filmed th...