North Carolina teen charged with murder for aiding livestream of San Diego mosque shooting

A 17-year-old girl from Forsyth County, North Carolina, was arrested and indicted by a grand jury on murder charges for aiding and abetting the May 18 shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Prosecutors said she recorded the attack using a GoPro helmet worn by the gunmen and later distributed the perpetrators' white-supremacist writings.

Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill told a news conference that the indictment came just before the teen was scheduled to return to school. He explained that under North Carolina law, a person who assists another in committing a crime is treated as if they performed the criminal acts themselves.

The attack, carried out by 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez, resulted in the deaths of three men, including security guard Amin Abdullah, before the shooters took their own lives. Authorities said the teens had amassed a cache of firearms and a crossbow taken from Clark’s parents.

"Their plan that day was to commit mass murders not only at the mosque but to follow up at a local Jewish temple and finally at a predominantly African American high school there in town," O'Neill said.

San Diego County prosecutors acknowledged the North Carolina case and thanked the Forsyth County district attorney’s office for its cooperation in the investigation.