Several people watched San Diego attack live on video calls, recordings show
At least three people watched a livestream as gunmen filmed their deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday. One viewer urged another to alert law enforcement, but it is not clear if anyone did.
A recording of the attack later circulated online, including on so-called "gore websites" that have previously served as gathering places for admirers of mass shooters.
According to screen recordings reviewed by CBS News, the shooters were on a Signal video call with a user identified only as "Noelle" before and during the attack. The recordings show Noelle had been on the call with the gunmen for roughly 20 minutes before they began shooting.
During that time, Noelle appears to have used a second phone to join a Discord video call with another user, identified as "Otto," positioning the camera so Otto could watch the Signal call in real time. Otto then began recording on his own device, according to footage reviewed by CBS News.
As the attack unfolded, Otto alerted another person on Discord to the live video. "DUDE LOOK," Otto wrote. The person asked where the gunmen were. "IN SOME MOSUQE [sic]," Otto replied.
"Tell her call the cops," the person wrote, in an apparent reference to Noelle. "Bro, tell her call the cops," they wrote again a minute later. "It doesn't even matter if they aren't in LA just tell her to call them and they can hopefully find out where he is."