Islamic Center of Center of San Diego under lockdown out of an 'abundance of caution'
Police said the lockdown was ordered out of caution after a deadly hate-motivated shooting at the mosque last spring left three people dead.
- On Tuesday, the San Diego Police Department placed the Islamic Center in Clairemont Mesa on lockdown out of an abundance of caution, maintaining a police presence to "ensure everyone's safety."
- The response followed reports from Carlsbad officers who saw a woman driving erratically at about 1:50 p.m.; her family called authorities saying she had made suicidal statements and might be armed.
- Police said the woman arrived at the mosque, spoke with a security guard, and left before officers arrived. The lockdown was lifted after officers confirmed she had departed San Diego County.
- At 4:10 p.m., SDPD issued a public alert for a gray 2015 Toyota 4Runner with New York license plate KGN3027, instructing the public not to approach and to call 911 if located.
- The center on Eckstrom Avenue previously experienced a hate-motivated shooting in May 2026 that killed three people, providing context for the heightened security response during Tuesday's incident.
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San Diego Islamic Center lockdown lifted after alert over possibly armed woman
A lockdown at the Islamic Center of San Diego has been lifted after police searched for a possibly armed woman who visited the mosque, according to police and local media. Officers determined she was no longer in San Diego County. The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) announced the lockdown at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, saying […]
San Diego police: Islamic Center on lockdown 'out of abundance of caution'
The scene outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18, 2026. (File photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) The mosque where two gunmen instigated a hate-motivated shooting that left three people dead last spring was placed on lockdown Tuesday. The emergency security measures at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont Mesa went into effect Tuesday afternoon “out of an abundance of caution,” the San Diego Police Department advise…
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