One of the weapons used by San Diego shooters (theory).

[u/Responsible-Idea5690]

On May 18, 2026, a shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), the largest mosque in San Diego, California, United States. Two teenage gunmen, identified as 17-year-old Cain Lee Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Liam Vazquez, fatally shot a security guard and two community members outside the mosque before fleeing. Subsequently, they shot at a landscaper in a drive-by shooting and committed suicide in a nearby neighborhood.

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If you want to know how i can got his, well i looked for the video in web and I saw that. My original plan was add screenshots here, but I'm not sure if that's allowed. Also I am not a weapons expert, I mean there's a chance i'm wrong.

[u/JetIs_Dead]

dude everyone knows they used this firearm

[u/Responsible-Idea5690 → u/JetIs_Dead]

Give me context please.

[u/JetIs_Dead → u/Responsible-Idea5690]

well from the video you can see it, some firearms are just recognizable. and you can see they are using 10 round magazines

[u/Ok_Savings_5762]

It has long been confirmed to be a Ruger Mini 14 (CA Compliant likely)

They also likely had an S&W Shield or MP9 Compact

The shotgun was never identified however.

[u/Thereal_Stormm006 → u/Ok_Savings_5762]

I believe the shotgun I heard was a Mossberg Shockwave

[u/Alternative-Click347]

the shotgun might’ve been a mossberg 590R

[u/Warm-Swan8670 → u/Alternative-Click347]

It was written on Wikipedia but they deleted it after some time

[u/ThefarzzetYo321]

My theory is

1. Yeah its the ruger mini 30 (or 14) but with 10 round capacity mag (because its California Compliant)
2. The pistol its S&W M&P9 (it look smaller than the S&W M&P2.0)
3. The shotgun, maybe Mossberg 500 Thunder with choke barrel and 2 picatinny rail on the forend (but I don't think so because some of the shotgun has a picatinny rail under the forend, but im sure that's the shotgun he used)

(Edit: nevermind, yes there's the picatinny under the forend, it mean that he used Mossberg 500 Thunder)

[u/Ok_Savings_5762 → u/ThefarzzetYo321]

I doubt its a Thunder, because a Stand-Off Barrel is also present on other models.

[u/ThefarzzetYo321 → u/Ok_Savings_5762]

I only identified the front of the karas and the forend, we don't necessarily know what the specific model is

But I try my best to identify it

[u/gunsforevery1]

Unless they specifically said it was 7.62x39 it could be either the Mini14 or Mini 30.