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San Diego mosque shooter Caleb Vazquez’s family breaks silence on terror attack, say autistic son was brainwashed online
NY Post ^ | 5/21/26 | Jared Downing, Brad Appleton

Posted on 05/21/2026 9:20:24 PM PDT by Libloather

Caleb Vazquez, one of two teens responsible for the mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, was on the autism spectrum and influenced by hateful rhetoric online, his family described in a heartfelt apology.

“Over the last several days, our family has been trying to process the horrific actions carried out by our son against the Islamic Center San Diego Community,” the 18-year-old’s family said in a statement released by attorney Colin Rudolph.

“We want to begin by acknowledging that nothing we say or do could ever repair the damage his actions have caused. We are completely heartbroken and devastated by what has happened. We condemn these hateful and violent actions entirely,” they continued.

The family mentioned the three victims, Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha, and Nadir Awad, and thanked them for their bravery in preventing more deaths during Monday’s attack. All three men were laid to rest Thursday in a ceremony in San Diego.

Vazquez and 17-year-old Cain Clark stormed the mosque, opening fire and killing three Monday before fleeing the scene in a white BMW. The teen terrorists livestreamed their entire attack.

At the encouragement of Vazquez, Clark, sitting in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, shot Vazquez in the head twice with a pistol, killing him. Clark then turned the weapon on himself.

**SNIP**

“Our son was on the autism spectrum, and it is painfully clear to us now that he struggled not only with accepting parts of his own identity but also grew to resent them,” they said.

Vazquez and Clark released a manifesto, obtained by The California Post, before the shooting where they shared hateful imagery and messages — campaigning for a race war. The weapons they used in the attack were covered in racist messages, including “Race War Now.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Education
KEYWORDS: autistic; brainwashed; california; online; vazquez
Thanks mom.
1 posted on 05/21/2026 9:20:24 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

So, a subtle (or not so subtle) redirect of blame on everyone other than the leftists?


2 posted on 05/21/2026 9:24:02 PM PDT by CatOwner ( )
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To: Libloather

This is a tragedy. Yet somehow have to wonder how their mentally challenged, bizarre son who was living under their roof was able to accumulate an arsenal and his parents had no idea what was happening.


3 posted on 05/21/2026 9:29:17 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Libloather

This just proves that all information should be funneled through the feral government filter.


4 posted on 05/21/2026 9:38:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right.)
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To: Libloather

If someone told that kid that Moslems fought along with the Nazis and shared many other attributes with them he might have shot up a different location.


5 posted on 05/21/2026 9:40:00 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Libloather
“Our son was on the autism spectrum, and it is painfully clear to us now that he struggled not only with accepting parts of his own identity but also grew to resent them,” they said.

What parts of his identity do you mean exactly?

Also, most teens I know don't own BMWs. Where did they get this one used in the shooting?

6 posted on 05/21/2026 9:51:26 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Libloather

Sounds like a family trying to cover their ass


7 posted on 05/21/2026 10:13:07 PM PDT by rainee (Drain the swamp! )
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To: Libloather

Summary of Safe Storage Laws Regarding Children

You may be guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony if you keep a loaded firearm within any premises that are under your custody or control and a child under 18 years of age obtains and uses it, resulting in injury or death, or carries it to a public place, unless you stored the firearm in a locked container or locked the firearm with a locking device to temporarily keep it from functioning.

California recognizes the importance of safe storage by requiring that all firearms sold in California be accompanied by a DOJ-approved firearms safety device or proof that the purchaser owns a gun safe that meets regulatory standards established by the Department. The current list of DOJ-approved firearms safety devices and the gun safe standards can be viewed by visiting http://oag.ca.gov/firearms/fsdcertlist.

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8 posted on 05/21/2026 10:20:33 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > ~$300 to each insured vehicle owner 4 gas)
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To: allendale
This is a tragedy. Yet somehow have to wonder how their mentally challenged, bizarre son who was living under their roof was able to accumulate an arsenal and his parents had no idea what was happening.

You left out the BMW ...

Somehow or some unexplained reason, the attorney left out the explanation for the son looking like a daughter ...

Is this yet another transgender confusion mass murder and act of terror against religion ?

Caleb Velasquez in a car.
9 posted on 05/21/2026 10:21:02 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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"On the spectrum …"

LOL. When all else fails, play the "spectrum" card.

I'm sorry, but when we were growing up, these people were known as a "spaz".

Well at least they didn't plague us with the "ADHD" card.

10 posted on 05/21/2026 11:30:54 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Libloather

It seems they waged a ‘race war’ on themselves.


11 posted on 05/21/2026 11:37:52 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Libloather

The California Post obtained the manifesto before the shooting???


12 posted on 05/22/2026 2:07:12 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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Uhhhhhhh.....yyyeahhh....Elon Musk is on tge spectrum and he almost never goes on shooting sprees and kills himself. He did shoot himself in the foot once but he recovered.


13 posted on 05/22/2026 2:09:11 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: PGR88

“What parts of his identity do you mean exactly?”

The autism.It is their identity.

Have you ever known or had long interactions with someone on the spectrum I am guessing no by your comment. My wife specializes in behavioral analysis and can write prescriptions out of her practice she is white coated.

Read the manifesto they clearly hated the gays, LBGTQ
, Jews, Islam by name, all foreigners, and were incels so they despised women.

They spelled it out clearly take the time to read it if to you want to stop speculating.it’s clear as day in their own writing.

They were not gay or trans they were incels that’s involuntary celibates no girls would have them.

This kid was the one who got out of the mental institution his parents put him in the morning of the attack and had a firearms restraining order too.


14 posted on 05/22/2026 2:29:36 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“LOL. When all else fails, play the “spectrum” card”

Uh his parents had him in a mental health care faculty for said spectrum disorder and he got out the morning of the attack so yeah pretty clear there.


15 posted on 05/22/2026 2:30:57 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: Texas Eagle

They sent it out before yes to a discord group and then live steamed the attack. It was on X before the bodies were cold. It’s 75 pages long


16 posted on 05/22/2026 2:33:45 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: CatOwner
So, a subtle (or not so subtle) redirect of blame on everyone other than the leftists?

Very perceptive of you!

It's even possible the media source was "filtering" her remarks, cherry-picking, and passing on only those which support the prevailing narrative.

Regards,

17 posted on 05/22/2026 2:42:06 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Libloather

“Our son was on the autism spectrum”

People sure are glomming on to “the spectrum” fad to rationalize bad behavior. Tiring.


18 posted on 05/22/2026 2:43:26 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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