North Carolina teen charged for role in deadly San Diego mosque shooting
Law enforcement officials in North Carolina on Monday announced a 17-year-old Winston-Salem girl was arrested and faces charges for her role in the deadly shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center earlier this year. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said the Winston-Salem teen, Sarah Lindsey Santiago, was arrested last week and indicted as an adult by a grand jury Monday on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in connection with the May 18, 2026, attack on the Clairemont mosque. According to O’Neill, the teen was one of three people who were watching the livestream as the two suspects carried out the shooting. O’Neill said Santiago recorded the livestream and published the shooters’ manifesto. In court documents, grand jurors ruled the teen did “conspire with Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez to commit the felony of First-Degree Murder, G.S.
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Law enforcement officials in North Carolina on Monday announced a 17-year-old Winston-Salem girl was arrested and faces charges for her role in the deadly shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center earlier this year. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said the Winston-Salem teen, Sarah Lindsey Santiago, was arrested last week and indicted as an adult by a grand jury Monday on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in connection with the May 18, 2026, attack on the Clairemont mosque. According to O’Neill, the teen was one of three people who were watching the livestream as the two suspects carried out the shooting. O’Neill said Santiago recorded the livestream and published the shooters’ manifesto. In court documents, grand jurors ruled the teen did “conspire with Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez to commit the felony of First-Degree Murder, G.S.