Investigators say the two teenagers responsible for the deadly shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego were heavily influenced by extremist online content and carried Nazi imagery and racist messages during the attack that left three people dead.

During a Tuesday press conference, law enforcement officials said the suspects “did not discriminate on who they hated,” adding that authorities recovered more than 30 firearms and a crossbow connected to the pair.

Officials also revealed that the attack was livestreamed and is now part of an ongoing investigation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to investigators, video from the attack showed suspect Cain Clark wearing a Black Sun emblem on his chest, a symbol tied to Nazi ideology that was famously incorporated into the floor design of Wewelsburg Castle by senior Nazi SS official Heinrich Himmler.

Authorities also identified another symbol displayed on one of the shooters’ shoulders that they said is linked to the neo-Nazi extremist organization Atomwaffen Division. The group’s name comes from the German term for “atomic weapons.”

Investigators said it remains unclear whether the suspects were formally affiliated with the organization.

Police also said one of the firearms used during the attack bore the phrase “race war now” positioned above a swastika. Authorities noted that white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups frequently promote the concept of racial conflict as part of efforts to overthrow governments or establish white nationalist states.

The attackers opened fire Monday outside the Islamic Center, killing three individuals. Among those slain was Amin Abdullah, a security guard and father of eight whom police credited with helping prevent an even greater massacre. The other victims included a local grocery store owner and another man.

Authorities said the livestream footage later showed Clark inside the suspects’ vehicle shooting his accomplice twice in the head before killing himself.

Investigators also discovered anti-Muslim writings inside the suspects’ car, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the case.

At the scene where the bodies were found, police recovered a shotgun and a gasoline can marked with an “SS” sticker believed to reference the Nazi-era Schutzstaffel paramilitary organization.

Clark and the second suspect, identified as Velasquez, were discovered dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds inside a BMW located just blocks away from the Islamic Center.

While investigators say the exact motive remains under investigation, authorities indicated the evidence strongly suggests the shooting specifically targeted the Muslim community.

{Matzav.com}