LIVE: San Diego Muslim leaders hold press conference following shooting at Islamic Center

Описание: The news conference is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

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Leaders from the Islamic Center of San Diego, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) San Diego, Muslim Leadership Council, Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) and Muslim American Society (MAS) are holding a news conference after a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego that left 5 people dead.

A hate crime investigation was continuing Tuesday into the deadly shooting at a Clairemont Mesa mosque, while local Muslim leaders honored the victims of the rampage, including a security guard at the facility being hailed as a hero.

The gunfire at the Islamic Center of San Diego in the 7000 block of Eckstrom Avenue was reported at about 11:40 a.m. Monday. Officers arrived within four minutes to find three men, one of them an on-duty security guard, dead outside the mosque, San Diego Police Department Chief Scott Wahl said.

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