San Diego Islamic center massacre victims named as hero husband who ran towards shooter to help wife and hardworking caretaker

A heroic husband who tried to save his wife and a beloved caregiver have been identified as the other victims of the San Diego mosque massacre.

57-year-old Nader Awad died while trying to escape from two armed youths who opened fire on the San Diego Islamic Center, where his wife was also present, on Monday.

Before committing suicide, the attackers were killed along with popular mosque worker Mansur Kaziha and security guard Amin Abdullah, who were identified yesterday.

Awad was in his home opposite the mosque when he heard the gunshots and heroically “ran towards it” to prevent the tragedy. fundraiser prepared for his family.

Awad’s wife was teaching at a school within the Islamic center at the time and she bravely ran towards the attackers, identified by police as Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18.

Kaziha, known as Abu El Ezz, was told in a separate narrative fundraiser As a devoted staff of the Islamic center who has been working in the facility’s store since its establishment in 1989.

His loved ones described him as ‘the heart and caretaker of our community’.

San Diego police said Clark and Vazquez stole a vehicle and several guns from Clark’s mother and opened fire on the mosque, then shot a nearby landscaper and escaped without serious injury.

Mansour Kaziha, known as Abu El Ezz, who worked at the store at the Islamic Center of San Diego, also died in the shooting attack on Monday.

Amin Abdullah, father of eight children, was killed by young attackers. Police praise Abdullah for ‘saving lives’ with his actions before he was tragically killed

Two teenagers were found dead in a car several blocks away from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, authorities said.

Awad’s loved ones praised his bravery at the fundraiser as he described his decision to confront his attackers.

‘Most people who hear the gunshots run the other way. ‘Nader ran towards it,’ the fundraiser said.

He then ran toward the danger across the street and confronted the young attackers in hopes of rescuing those inside.

Awad, who was also a teacher at the Islamic centre’s school, was shot dead in front of the mosque before police arrived at the scene within minutes.

‘Nader’s last act on this earth was to run to the people he loved – his wife, his students, his community – when they needed them most,’ his loved ones wrote.

Police said Abdullah, who worked as a security guard at the mosque, also took courageous action when the shooting occurred.

Abdullah, a father of eight, was hailed as a hero by San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl, who said he “minimized the situation” and saved many people inside before he was killed.

Cain Clark, 17, was one of two teenagers who opened fire at a mosque in California on Monday and then committed suicide. Police identified the other suspect as 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez, whose photo was not taken yet.

Footage from the scene showed a red petrol canister with a sticker resembling the Nazi SS logo sitting nearby.

Nader Awad, 57, was praised as a hero who ‘ran into gunfire’ when attackers targeted the mosque opposite his home

Abu El Ezz, who has been working at the mosque since its establishment, was described by his fans as ‘the heart and guardian of our community’.

“His actions were heroic,” Wahl said. ‘Undoubtedly he saved lives today.’

Abu El Ezz was working in the mosque’s shop when the young attackers opened fire.

He was a fixture at the Islamic center for many years, loved ones wrote at a fundraiser.

“He took care of the logistics that no one wanted to think about, so everyone could come in, pray, eat, learn, and go home without ever wondering how it all worked,” his family wrote.

‘He kept working because Mansoor kept working him.’

Police said Clark left a hateful suicide note “about racial pride” before he and Vazquez opened fire on the mosque.

Hours before the attack, Clark’s mother reported to police that her son was suicidal and possibly armed with guns, and officers began searching for the teenager when he opened fire.

The unnamed parent said he noticed several of his guns were missing and saw himself and his friend wearing “camouflage clothing,” Chief Scott Wahl said.

He added that although Clark’s mother warned police that his guns were missing, he did not indicate that he was planning any attack on the mosque.

“There was no specific threat, especially no specific threat to the Islamic Center,” the police chief said.

‘It was general hate speech that I think covered a wide spectrum.’

Sources said that the police wrote ‘hate speech’ on one of the guns in the teenager’s vehicle. Los Angeles Times.

The news reported that when officers searched Clark’s home about two miles from the mosque, they found a suicide note ‘related to racial pride’.

A gas canister with a Nazi SS sticker on the side was seen next to the BMW X1 in which the suspects were found dead with a shotgun next to it.

Clark is enrolled in a virtual learning academy in the San Diego Unified School District and will graduate from high school this semester, officials said.

He was previously a star wrestler at Madison High School, but authorities said he had been drifting into “hate speech” by attending only online classes.

Authorities are currently investigating the attack as a hate crime. A police officer is seen at the home of one of the shooting suspects on Monday evening

About 100 police officers later combed the mosque for any signs of the attackers, but they had already fled the scene.

Clark’s grandparents, David and Deborah Clark, told CNN they were stunned and heartbroken by the tragedy. They said they were ‘trying to process this’ and were ‘very sorry for what happened’.

Police said they arrived at the Islamic Center a few minutes after the attack and found three people dead in front of the building. A landscaper a few blocks away was also shot at but not hit, and minutes later police received a report of shots fired in the street.

Clark and Vazquez were found dead inside a vehicle on Salerno Avenue, a few blocks from the Islamic Center.

Although authorities and police sources have released some details about Clark, little is known about Vazquez.

When the teens opened fire, eyewitness Vanessa Chavez told the New York Times that she watched in horror as at least two shots were fired at the security guard as children playing outside were pushed into the building.

Nearly 100 police officers then scoured the mosque for any signs of the attackers and broke down the doors as they evacuated the on-campus Al Rashid school, which serves students from kindergarten through third grade.

Authorities are currently investigating the attack as a hate crime and are also examining anti-Islamic writings reportedly found in the vehicle in which the children were found dead.

Members of San Diego’s Muslim community react after Monday’s horrific attack

Two men embrace at the scene of the deadly shooting

Police officers, who started searching for the young people after one of their mothers warned the police about the threat, arrived at the scene in just four minutes.

The shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego took place at the beginning of Dhu al-Hijjah, one of the holiest months of the Muslim calendar.

Meaning ‘month of Hajj’, this month marks a time when millions of Muslims around the world undertake the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

The Islamic Center of San Diego is the largest mosque in San Diego County, with approximately 5,000 members.

Although authorities have not yet determined a motive, the attack on the religious center has raised concerns among local officials about Islamophobia.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said in a statement: ‘Hate has no home in San Diego. Islamophobia has no place in San Diego.

‘An attack on any of our communities, on any San Diegan because of who they are, what they believe, or how they pray, is an attack on all of us.’

Fabi Bagula, San Diego unified superintendent, added that ‘hate has no place in our society or schools’ and that ‘every student family and community member deserves to feel safe, valued, and to be able to worship and gather without fear.’