Teen charged with murder for recording San Diego mosque shooting livestream

North Carolina DA says girl, 17, who disseminated attackers’ manifesto charged with murder by aiding and abetting

Teen charged with murder for recording San Diego mosque shooting livestream

TL;DR

  • A 17-year-old girl from North Carolina has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting.
  • She allegedly recorded a livestream of a shooting at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers' white-supremacist writings.
  • The grand jury indicted her on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy.
  • The aiding-and-abetting charges carry the same penalties as direct commission of the crime under North Carolina law.
  • The attack resulted in the deaths of a security guard and two other men, with the perpetrators then taking their own lives.
  • The attackers cited the Christchurch mosque shooter as an influence.