WEBVTT - Deadly Mosque Shooting: Hate Speech, Racial Pride and a Suicide Note

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<v Speaker 1>And the folks. It is Tuesday, May nineteenth, and the

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<v Speaker 1>shooting itself, the incident was frightening enough, but this morning

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<v Speaker 1>we're getting more and more, yes, frightening and disturbing details

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<v Speaker 1>about the deadly mosque shooting in San Diego. And with that,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. Roobes. Three dead,

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<v Speaker 1>the two suspects dead. The thing that's really really amazing

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<v Speaker 1>to think, Robes, is that they were looking for these

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<v Speaker 1>two guys. Police were for hours before the shooting ever started.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one of the details we're getting. This story is

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<v Speaker 1>just a head scratcher, right.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a fascinating part of this that the seventeen

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<v Speaker 2>year old suspects mom called nine to one one on

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<v Speaker 2>Monday morning at nine forty two am. They have the

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<v Speaker 2>time stamp. The shooting took place almost exactly two hours later.

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<v Speaker 2>For those two hours, police were trying to find her son,

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<v Speaker 2>who she described as suicidal, dressed in all camo. He

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<v Speaker 2>had taken her vehicle, and he had taken three guns

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<v Speaker 2>from the home, and she told police, I think something

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<v Speaker 2>bad's about to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Fair to say this was a desperate, frantic search around

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<v Speaker 1>San Diego for hours, and I guess robes the community

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even know the threat necessarily was out there. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what police. Police did everything. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>they could to stop this before. They didn't know what

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<v Speaker 1>the guys were up to, and they were trying to

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<v Speaker 1>track them down. We'll get into that a little more,

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<v Speaker 1>but folks, on this Tuesday morning, we have confirmation, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>three people were killed at the largest mosque in San

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<v Speaker 1>Diego yesterday when two young men, both teenagers, opened fire

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<v Speaker 1>at that mosque. So let's go through robes and how

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<v Speaker 1>this kind of played out. To start with that nine

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<v Speaker 1>to one to one call, the mom alerted police, we

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<v Speaker 1>got a problem and it was serious enough. Did she

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<v Speaker 1>from your understanding, was she saying he's suicidal or she

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<v Speaker 1>thought he was actually up to something else.

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<v Speaker 3>She thought it was both.

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<v Speaker 2>He left behind a suicide night, so she said, I

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<v Speaker 2>have a suicide note. He's suicidal, but he has a

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<v Speaker 2>friend with him, and that was the puzzling thing.

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<v Speaker 3>She called it a companion.

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<v Speaker 2>So we now know it was an eighteen year old

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<v Speaker 2>who actually attended the high school that's about a mile

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<v Speaker 2>from the mosque, and so when police were putting together

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<v Speaker 2>who he was with that. Both of the teens were

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<v Speaker 2>dressed in camel, they had access to at least three

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<v Speaker 2>weapons and a vehicle, and were suicidal. It seems strange

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<v Speaker 2>if two people together aren't usually suicidal together. So she

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<v Speaker 2>even said, I think something bad's about to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know where.

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<v Speaker 2>Police went first, the high school, the local high school,

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<v Speaker 2>because the eighteen year old attended there. The seventeen year

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<v Speaker 2>old was being schooled at home. He was doing a

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<v Speaker 2>online high school course. So they actually tried to track

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<v Speaker 2>the vehicle using the license plates and they're literally going

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<v Speaker 2>across as you pointed out San Diego, trying to find

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<v Speaker 2>this vehicle and trying to find these two teenagers.

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<v Speaker 1>And then lo and behol what time exactly eleven forty.

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<v Speaker 3>Two was it forty three?

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<v Speaker 2>Police were notified of an active shooter at the Islamic Center.

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<v Speaker 1>So this Islamic Center, again the largest in San Diego.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is a place that has a school there

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<v Speaker 1>for kids. It's a community center. They do prayers all day,

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<v Speaker 1>five times a day. I do believe there that they're held.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is a very active open It's a community

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<v Speaker 1>center sitting in right in the community of a very vibrant,

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<v Speaker 1>if you will community. It's a neighborhood. Well, I'm saying

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<v Speaker 1>it's a quite frankly, it's a nice San Diego neighborhood,

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<v Speaker 1>a typical what you think of you spend some time

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<v Speaker 1>at sick gorgeous. It's gorgeous out there. So gunfire rings

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<v Speaker 1>out in robes for a while. During the coverage, we

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<v Speaker 1>kept seeing and police were kept saying, we have an

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<v Speaker 1>active shooter. We believe it's contained or neutralized was the

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<v Speaker 1>word they were using, But it seemed as if for

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<v Speaker 1>a little while that the shooter was still somewhere on

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<v Speaker 1>that campus. They were only saying one shooter sopes. All

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<v Speaker 1>eyes were on what's going on in that building, and

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<v Speaker 1>it turns out they weren't even in the building.

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<v Speaker 3>Right. This was crazy. So that call came in at

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<v Speaker 3>eleven forty three. It's pretty impressive.

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<v Speaker 2>Police were there at the center by eleven forty seven,

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<v Speaker 2>So four minutes later they were there, and we now

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<v Speaker 2>know pretty much immediately they found three victims right outside

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<v Speaker 2>the mosque, but they don't know where the shooter or

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<v Speaker 2>shooters are, so they actually had to go through room

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<v Speaker 2>through room. They evacuated all those sweet little kids which

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<v Speaker 2>we've seen the images of you said that broke your

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<v Speaker 2>heart today.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not know why I have mornings sometimes I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a little more tired, a little more emotional, but whatever

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<v Speaker 1>reason robes the image of those kids holding hands like,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to be escorted to safety because of bullets because

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<v Speaker 1>somebody hates Muslims. They're five. I mean, that's something about it.

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<v Speaker 1>We see it here in New York all the time

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<v Speaker 1>with all the schools and whatnot, all the kids walking

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<v Speaker 1>down the street together. They're attached, but it's just you

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<v Speaker 1>stop every time you go, oh, they're so cuteable, it's

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<v Speaker 1>so cute to see that being done. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>why that messed me up. To see that being done

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<v Speaker 1>for kids who're having to get away from bullets for

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<v Speaker 1>whatever reason messed me up.

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<v Speaker 3>You're crying right now again.

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<v Speaker 2>But that is one of those heartbreaking moments because they're

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<v Speaker 2>just so sweet and innocent, and they're so they're little

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<v Speaker 2>sponges and they can be shaped into anything and anyone,

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<v Speaker 2>and to think that this is one of probably going

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<v Speaker 2>to be their earliest memory, and a traumatic one at that,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is life changing to live through something like this,

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<v Speaker 2>to experience something like this. It's incredibly sad, and when

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<v Speaker 2>we get into who these victims.

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<v Speaker 3>Are, it's going to break your heart a little bit more.

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<v Speaker 2>But we know that the officers were going from room

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<v Speaker 2>to room, they were evacuating all those sweet little kids

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<v Speaker 2>and their teachers and everyone who was there in the center,

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<v Speaker 2>and then all of a sudden, a landscaper is shot

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<v Speaker 2>at from a vehicle, and this is pretty miraculous.

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<v Speaker 3>He's they he would have died, police say they believe

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<v Speaker 3>if he hadn't been wearing a helmet.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is where the story, at least as far

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<v Speaker 1>as the investigation goes, or the active I guess pursuit

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<v Speaker 1>of suspects takes a turn because poliefs are focused on

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<v Speaker 1>the mosque. We're watching the live images on television online.

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<v Speaker 1>You got police surrounding this place full tactical gear looking

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<v Speaker 1>for the suspect in the mosque. When they get a

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<v Speaker 1>report a few blocks away there's another shooting, right, and.

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<v Speaker 3>So they're like, what's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>So then they head to that area just a short

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<v Speaker 2>distance away, and they find the vehicle that they've been

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<v Speaker 2>looking for for the last couple of hours with the

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<v Speaker 2>two suspects inside, with self inflicted gunshot wounds. And look,

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<v Speaker 2>police have said that they have found hate speech crawled

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<v Speaker 2>on a scrawled.

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<v Speaker 3>On one of the weapons.

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<v Speaker 2>That suicide note was back at the seventeen year old home,

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<v Speaker 2>and they say they found writings containing racial pride.

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<v Speaker 3>That's how they described it.

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<v Speaker 2>They said they would give more details later, but they

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<v Speaker 2>were just letting reporters know and folks know that, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>they are investigating this as a hate crime because they

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<v Speaker 2>have very specific reason too.

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<v Speaker 1>There you said, I mean, I think the first press

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<v Speaker 1>conference he suggested that this is going to be looked

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<v Speaker 1>at as a hate crime until otherwise noted. Look, is

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<v Speaker 1>it Islamic center Robes, Yes, we could talk about Islamophobia

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. That's really I guess we got more

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with it after nine to eleven, and it continues

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of rhetoric. We see it has gotten worse.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get into that in just a moment. But why

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<v Speaker 1>these two why teenagers? Why do this first? Why shoot

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<v Speaker 1>at a landscaper and then drive a little way longer

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<v Speaker 1>and kill yourselves. It's a bizarre. So that part, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess that was it. Robes. The story kind of really

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<v Speaker 1>really quickly turned into what the hell when we see

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<v Speaker 1>what we're arguably robes accustomed to seeing an active shooter situation,

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<v Speaker 1>we see that goes from a landscaper being shot at

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<v Speaker 1>to a car abandoned in the middle of the road

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<v Speaker 1>with two dead teenagers. What in the hell now? The

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<v Speaker 1>teenager part even adds to some mystery. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if it happened to you too, Rose, but I

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<v Speaker 1>Cleebold and Columbine partners, and these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Came to mar their obviously to just go to the

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<v Speaker 2>links that they went to to do what they did,

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<v Speaker 2>but then to have a co conspirator, have someone do

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<v Speaker 2>it with you, and then have a packed to die

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<v Speaker 2>by suicide at the end, it just seems so far fetched.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't seem possible. And then to see whose lives

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<v Speaker 2>they took. We're getting word from KTLA is doing some

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<v Speaker 2>reporting there on the ground, and they've been there on

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<v Speaker 2>the community and family members have let them know a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit about some of the victims. Police have not

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<v Speaker 2>given the official information, but we do know, and a

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<v Speaker 2>lot has been said about the security guard. We even

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<v Speaker 2>heard police talk about the security guard saying he absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>saved lives. He was heroic in his final act and

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<v Speaker 2>his name was a Mean Abdullah, father of eight. Think

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<v Speaker 2>about that, how many lives were changed in that split second.

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<v Speaker 2>And he was there trying to protect this mosque and

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<v Speaker 2>he gave his life doing so. And there were two

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<v Speaker 2>other staff members who were also killed, one who worked

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<v Speaker 2>in the center's food store, and then a teacher. And

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<v Speaker 2>kat Katla got this incredible story. This teacher actually was

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<v Speaker 2>at home, he lived across the street.

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<v Speaker 3>He heard gun a gunfire ring out.

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<v Speaker 2>He ran towards the school and he said it was

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<v Speaker 2>They said it was because his wife was working there,

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<v Speaker 2>and he got so afraid that she might be in trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>So you hear about this brave husband who's running and

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<v Speaker 2>rushing towards the gunfire because he knows his wife is inside,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was shot and killed.

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<v Speaker 1>What was the I don't think. I didn't read anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>he had a military background or anything, right, a police

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<v Speaker 1>background we don't know much about. But I say that.

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<v Speaker 3>Because it looks military.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it was the first thing that came to mind.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what police are supposed to be trained to do.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear gunfire and you run towards it. The rest

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<v Speaker 1>of us are trained to hear it and run away.

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<v Speaker 1>But what is the exception.

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<v Speaker 2>When someone you love is inside boom and in harm's way?

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 3>I just that that moved me to think this.

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<v Speaker 2>He was safe in his home, his wife actually was okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and he ran towards the gunfire to protect her. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>that like gutted me when I read that this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's two teenagers. What mad at Muslims for what

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<v Speaker 1>we say we got to do better, but man, we

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<v Speaker 1>keep doing worse. Sometimes we feel these stories are just

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<v Speaker 1>awful because of what.

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<v Speaker 3>Because of what I know.

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<v Speaker 2>So when we come back, we're going to talk a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit about what we know of these suspects. Not

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<v Speaker 2>going to give their names because we really just don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to give them any credit for what they did.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's kind of a deliberate choice.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of news organizations do that, and we've done

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<v Speaker 2>that for some time as well, and then we will

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<v Speaker 2>talk about it. You mentioned Muslim discrimination at an all

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<v Speaker 2>time high, and welcome back everyone to this episode of

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<v Speaker 2>Amy and TJ. We are talking about that horrific shooting

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<v Speaker 2>at the largest mosque in San Diego, the Islamic center

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<v Speaker 2>of San Diego. Three people were killed a security guard,

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<v Speaker 2>someone who worked in the food store there, and a teacher,

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<v Speaker 2>and that loss of life is just gutting when you

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<v Speaker 2>hear their stories, who these men were, how they lived

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<v Speaker 2>their lives, and then those images of those children rushed

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<v Speaker 2>out of that center as two teenagers, apparently motivated by hate,

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<v Speaker 2>went in to do as much damage as possible, shot

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<v Speaker 2>a lance, shot at a landscaper on their way out,

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<v Speaker 2>and then killed themselves in the seventeen year old Moms BMD.

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<v Speaker 1>We say this oftentimes, and I know it happens. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't necessarily hear about it in mainstream news. You're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to see it on broadcast network today. But when

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<v Speaker 1>these stories happen, like, why didn't you start with yourself?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, my goodness, the plan I have thought that every.

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<v Speaker 1>Time to die by suicide, start with you. And why

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<v Speaker 1>you have to take out a husband, take out a

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<v Speaker 1>father of eight?

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<v Speaker 3>Why why ensuring your spot? And hell, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, we don't make a big deal, but I just

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<v Speaker 1>you said it to me. We had a quick discussion

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<v Speaker 1>that seventeen and eighteen year old. I don't think officially

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<v Speaker 1>I've been identified by police, but their names are confirmed

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<v Speaker 1>through yes several sources. Well, why it's fine to know

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<v Speaker 1>the name. Well know that you can find the names

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to, but yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>It is you just don't you know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's I think it started when you when we initially

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<v Speaker 2>covered Columbine all those years ago, and you said, Dylan Cleebeld.

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<v Speaker 3>You remember these names, yep.

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<v Speaker 2>And they live on in infamy and they inspire copycats.

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<v Speaker 2>They look up to these people disgustingly, and you almost

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<v Speaker 2>place their names in history, which is part of perhaps

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<v Speaker 2>why some of these folks go out the way they do,

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<v Speaker 2>because they want to be remembered and maybe even beloved

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<v Speaker 2>by some for the I guess the motivation of why

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<v Speaker 2>they did what they did so yet to give their

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<v Speaker 2>names any weight is just for us, not something we

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<v Speaker 2>want to do. But the seventeen year old I thought

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<v Speaker 2>this was interesting. He obviously he had some issues. He

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<v Speaker 2>had been at the San Diego School of Creative and

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<v Speaker 2>Performing Arts, but in twenty twenty one he.

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<v Speaker 3>Was switched to online learning.

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<v Speaker 2>He went to the Eye High Virtual Academy, so he

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<v Speaker 2>was home schooled basically, or at least he was doing

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<v Speaker 2>it online. But it's interesting Madison High School, which is

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<v Speaker 2>where his Cohort went he actually was a star member

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<v Speaker 2>of the wrestling team the year before one first place,

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<v Speaker 2>and folks who were there on the wrestling team with

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<v Speaker 2>him said he was a good kid.

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<v Speaker 3>He was always just trying to fit in and find friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Never heard him say anything against Muslim zero.

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<v Speaker 1>Warning signs, So okay, that's now. That is another added

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<v Speaker 1>bizarre element to this story. Robes Oftentimes there is some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a warning sign. He was say yeah he

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<v Speaker 1>was this yet like it traces back and somebody didn't

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<v Speaker 1>speak up when they heard something this one good kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, maybe it will it will find out something that

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<v Speaker 2>we don't know now.

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<v Speaker 3>But he was on track to graduate this year. He

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<v Speaker 3>had no disciplinary history, so his life was beginning. He

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<v Speaker 3>was about to go out in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>His grandparents spoke briefly to some reporters and yes, they

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<v Speaker 2>said he was a good kid, which this is a

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen years seventeen year old.

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<v Speaker 3>They said he was a good kid. They said he was.

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<v Speaker 2>They were in shock, and they added were very sorry

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<v Speaker 2>for what happened. I mean, look, his family was there

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<v Speaker 2>in San Diego. His mother called nine one one concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about her son. His grandparents lived nearby. It doesn't make

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<v Speaker 2>any sense. And the eighteen year old, we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of about him, only that he was a

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<v Speaker 2>student at Madison High School, so he was eighteen. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>assuming he was a senior again about to start his life.

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<v Speaker 2>It just doesn't make any sense. But they had apparently

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<v Speaker 2>scrawled we don't know what the words were exactly, some

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<v Speaker 2>rhetoric on some of the weapons.

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<v Speaker 3>There was some racial pride writings in the vehicle.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the term they're using, racial pride.

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<v Speaker 3>Racial pride.

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<v Speaker 1>You can go to whatever conclusion you want what that

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<v Speaker 1>might suggest.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a picture of a gas can outside of the

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<v Speaker 2>vehicle that had basically SS like Hitler.

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<v Speaker 3>So yes, there seems to be some.

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<v Speaker 2>Very disturbing writing and imagery that was left behind that

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<v Speaker 2>police will piece together and I'm sure we'll get more

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<v Speaker 2>details on that. But speaking to the Muslim discrimination babe,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, this makes sense. Discrimination reports surged since

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<v Speaker 2>the Gaza War in twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>The American Islamic Relations Group they study and they have

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<v Speaker 2>been tracing anti Muslim discrimination since nineteen ninety six. Last year,

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<v Speaker 2>by far record setting year for discrimination complaints. There were

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<v Speaker 2>more than eighty six hundred discrimination complaints, and that apparently

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<v Speaker 2>was significantly higher than any other year.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's just been getting worse, and this certainly won't.

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<v Speaker 1>Help seventeen and eighteen. What happens. I just wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>happens ropes and we always look for answers after these things,

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<v Speaker 1>and what do we do. I haven't seen the debates

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<v Speaker 1>in the back and forth and the conversation that's being

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<v Speaker 1>had around this, but you can already guess what it's like.

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<v Speaker 1>You can already guess what they're saying and what people

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<v Speaker 1>are saying. There's nothing else to be said other than

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<v Speaker 1>this is awful. It's tragic. Stop attacking people based on

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<v Speaker 1>their religion. Okay, that should be the end of the story.

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<v Speaker 2>Lumping all people like making innocent people pay for some

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<v Speaker 2>hatred you have towards I don't know, but certainly not

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<v Speaker 2>the people you killed.

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<v Speaker 3>Certainly not the people you killed.

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<v Speaker 2>There are so many tributes to this security guard already online,

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<v Speaker 2>people talking about him.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>I was watching video of him, like smiling and fist

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<v Speaker 2>bumping people when they walked into the center.

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<v Speaker 3>He was just joyful. He stood outside underneath this tent

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<v Speaker 3>and he looked like a badass.

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<v Speaker 2>He had a vest, he looked military to me and

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<v Speaker 2>was just you could see the warmth on his face.

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<v Speaker 3>You could see the kindness.

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<v Speaker 2>In his face, and it just breaks your heart to

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<v Speaker 2>think that he had to pay with his life.

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<v Speaker 1>Over what because somebody's mad at Muslims. This today, this

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<v Speaker 1>investigation really is just getting going. We certainly are expecting

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<v Speaker 1>some updates today from authorities, but for now to teenagers suicide.

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<v Speaker 1>Two teenagers dead by suicide after first killing three people

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<v Speaker 1>at the largest Muslim center in San Diego, the largest

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<v Speaker 1>mosque there, and just another one rogues. We didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>put together the numbers on shootings and mass shooting things

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<v Speaker 1>for this year. It's depressing as hell, it is. The

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<v Speaker 1>folks just wanted to give you this morning update. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of developments and new information came in overnight, but

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<v Speaker 1>we appreciate you, as always spending some time with us.

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<v Speaker 1>We are just getting started on this day and on

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<v Speaker 1>this news feed. There is a lot of news this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>so we always appreciate you spending some time with us.

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<v Speaker 1>On behalf of my dear Amy Robot, I'm TJ. Holmes.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk to Y'allson