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San Diego police on Friday released a preliminary timeline laying out details of their response on the day two teenagers stormed a Clairemont mosque and killed three people earlier this week \u2014 from the first 911 call reporting a runaway teen to the suspected shooters being found dead.<\/p>\n

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It reveals the increasingly frantic hunt for Cain Lee Clark, 17, who\u2019d driven off from his San Diego home with a friend, both dressed in camouflage and possibly armed.<\/p>\n

Police say Clark and friend Caleb Vazquez, 18, fatally shot three men outside the Islamic Center of San Diego late Monday morning before driving several blocks away and killing themselves.<\/p>\n

The preliminary timeline offers insight into what police knew and when they knew it, and details their response as concerns of potential for acts of violence grew.<\/p>\n

After learning the runaway teen had left a possible suicide note and may have had more guns than initially thought, they turned to technology, shared information to all dispatch centers countywide and looped in a federal threat assessment task force.<\/p>\n

San Diego Police Department\u2019s timeline of events:<\/h4>\n

After calling the police non-emergency line, Clark\u2019s mother calls 911 to report him missing. The high school senior was supposed to take final exams that day, but he\u2019d left at 6:24 a.m. with a man unknown to her, maybe named Caleb. Both wore camouflage, and a gun was missing from the home. Police classify the matter as a runaway juvenile (Priority 2) and share the information with officers. The mother is advised to call back with updates.<\/p>\n

The mother calls back. More weapons are missing, she said, and she reports finding a possible suicide note near \u201cthreatening, hate-filled writings\u201d on Clark\u2019s computer.<\/p>\n

Clark was an online student at iHigh Virtual Academy but had a connection to nearby Madison High School. Out of caution, San Diego police notify the San Diego Unified School District police, who already have officers on the campus.<\/p>\n

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The department bumps the call to a higher-priority response (Priority 1) due to the potential for violence.<\/p>\n

Two patrol officers and a sergeant head to the Clark home.<\/p>\n

San Diego police share information about the matter with law enforcement across the county.<\/p>\n

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The department\u2019s Criminal Intelligence Unit and Threat Management Unit are looped in, as is the San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center, the region\u2019s threat assessment center. Investigators start working on a \u201csuspicious activity report\u201d for the missing teen and start looking into his companion, still only known by his first name.<\/p>\n

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Officers arrive at the Clark home and learn that Clark and his companion may have written a suicide pact.<\/p>\n

Clark\u2019s vehicle is picked up by the police department\u2019s mounted license plate readers, headed east in Mission Valley. Officers are dispatched.<\/p>\n

Officers are sent to check a store in Mission Valley that Clark\u2019s mother said her son liked.<\/p>\n

Calls come in reporting shots fired at the Islamic Center of San Diego. The call is elevated to the highest-priority type of call, Priority 0, and triggers a countywide response.<\/p>\n

The first officers arrive at the Islamic Center.<\/p>\n

Shots are reported a few blocks away on Salerno Street. A landscaper at the location was shot at.<\/p>\n

Clark and Vazquez are found dead in Clark\u2019s SUV a few blocks away on Hatton Street.<\/p>\n

In releasing the timeline, police noted that, like departments nationwide, it faces a staffing shortage. \u201cWe understand why people would ask whether staffing levels played a role in this week\u2019s tragedy, and that will be a part of our ongoing review,\u201d the department said in a news release Friday.<\/p>\n

It also noted that over the last five years, it has received an average of nearly 1,900 calls a year reporting runaway juveniles.<\/p>\n

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