Teen girl who livestreamed San Diego mosque shooting faces murder charges, prosecutors say

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Set us as preferred A 17-year-old girl accused of livestreaming the deadly attack on a San Diego mosque is now facing murder charges.The North Carolina teen was indicted Monday with three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in the San Diego mosque shooting that killed three men, authorities said.The girl, identified only as a high school student in Winston-Salem, is accused of livestreaming the attack where two gunman — Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17 — opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18, Forsyth County Dist.Atty.

Jim O’Neill announced at a news conference Monday.She is also accused of publishing the shooters’ manifesto in an effort to spread their credo of hate, and of failing to report the planned mosque attack to law enforcement.The girl also knew that the shooters had intended to follow up their initial rampage by committing mass murders at a local Jewish temple and a predominantly Black high school the same day, O’Neill said.

The additional shootings did not take place, as Vazquez and Clark took their own lives inside a car a few blocks away from the mosque.California The Times reviewed social media accounts believed to be used by one of the San Diego Islamic Center shooters that idolized school shootings, white nationalism and neo-Nazi terrorism and were flush with memes from the online far-right extremist community.

Here is what we found.Though the girl was not physically present in California, O’Neill said that there is enough evidence to charge her with murder for aiding and abetting the attack.The girl was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury Monday.“The law in North Carolina is clear: A person may be guilty of a crime, although he or she personally does not do any of the acts necessary to constitute the crime,” he said.

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