A Muslim man uses a mobile phone as he stands with members of this community at the scene of a reported active shooter situation at the Islamic Center, with yellow tape placed behind them to cordon the area, in San Diego, California, U.S., May 18, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Multiple people are reportedly dead in a shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center, according to MS NOW's Ayman Mohyeldin, citing a report directly from the leader of the mosque.
Based on a preliminary investigation, police believe that two men found near the mosque — dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds — were the suspects, two law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told CNN. Authorities are still trying to determine the details surrounding the shooting, the officials said. Police said that the threat was "neutralized" after the shooting.
An imam told Mohyeldin three people had been killed in addition to the suspected shooters.
"I was able to speak to the imam who runs the Islamic Center there in San Diego, Imam Taha Hassane, who I managed to get on the phone a few minutes ago, and he was able to give me a little bit more description of the school and told me that the school has about 200 or so students who attend that school," said Mohyeldin. "And he described for me what he had heard shortly after the shooting began, which he said happened within the last hour or so. The school has about 200 students. It has about 20 or so teachers."
"And this, according to him, and again, not yet from law enforcement, but according to him, there are two teachers or staff from the school to be more specific, that have been killed as a result of the shooting," said Mohyeldin. "That is separate from the suspects that we're hearing about. This is according to Imam Hassane, the imam of the school, saying that there are at least two staff members that were killed and a third security guard that was also killed."
"So three total killed, according to the imam of the Islamic Center," he continued.