Investigators probing San Diego mosque shooting suspects’ possible writings

Investigators looking into the motivations of two men accused of killing three people at a San Diego mosque Monday are trying to authenticate a document posted online that purportedly details their motivations, three senior law enforcement officials said

Investigators looking into the motivations of two men accused of killing three people at a San Diego mosque Monday are trying to authenticate a document posted online that purportedly details their motivations, three senior law enforcement officials said.

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The 75-page document has sections apparently written by Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17, the suspects identified by law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation.

The writings are filled with extremist material espousing anti-Islamic, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ views. The authors refer to accelerationism, a white supremacist ideology that promotes violence to speed the formation of a white ethnostate.