In San Diego, more than 2,000 people gathered Thursday to mourn Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha and Nader Awad, who were killed in a shooting at the city’s largest mosque. The three victims were remembered as heroes as they attempted to stop two attackers when they opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday. This is the center’s imam, Taha Hassane.

Imam Taha Hassane: “Let’s work together to stop this hatred, stop this racism, stop dehumanizing the Muslim community, so we can live together in this very diverse society, very diverse nation. We can live together as brothers and sisters, loving one another and working together for the betterment of our community and our society.”

This comes as more details have emerged about one of the suspects. Caleb Vazquez came to police attention more than a year before the mosque attack over his disturbing behavior idolizing Nazis and mass shooters. In 2025, police obtained a court order to confiscate dozens of his father’s weapons from the family home. Vazquez had also been previously confined in an involuntary psychiatric hold. The new revelations came as part of documents filed in a San Diego court, raising questions about the authorities’ inability to prevent the mosque shooting.