KEEPING A SEXUALLY VIOLENT

PREDATOR OUT OF A COMMUNITY.

WHEN A JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO

DECIDE A HOT BUTTON ISSUE.

>>> POLICE TELL NBC 7 THE

SUSPECT LEFT A NOTE REFERRING TO

THE RECENT NEW ZEALAND MASSACRE

AFTER TRYING TO SET THE MSK ON

FIRE AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING.

>> NBC 7’S ERICA SERVEANTAS IS

ON -- WHERE A VIGIL HAS BEEN

TAKING PLACE.

ERICA, WHAT ARE COMMUNITY

LEADERS SAYING ABOUT THE

SUSPECTED ARSON THAT’S BEING

INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE HATE

KROIK CRIME?

>> WELL, BRIGITTE, ALL OF THE

PEOPLE WHO GATHERED HERE RIGHT

IN FRONT OF THE MOSQUE.

THEY WERE ALL ON HIGH ALERT, AND

THERE WAS A LOT OF TENSION IN

THE AIR.

THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMUNITY

LEADERS HERE.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW TO DEAL

WITH ANOTHER POSSIBLE HATE CRIME

AND THEY WANTED TO GIVE THEIR

SUPPORT.

>> A RENEWAL OF STRENGTH.

A RENEWAL OF SPIRIT.

A RENEWAL OF BODY AND PURPOSE TO

DO GOOD.

THAT IS WHAT THIS MOSQUE STANDS

FOR.

THAT IS WHAT EVERY SYNAGOGUE,

THAT IS WHAT EVERY HOUSE OF

WORSHIP STANDS FOR.

>> THERE WERE MORE THAN 100

PEOPLE AT THE VIGIL THAT LASTED

MORE THAN AN HOUR.

SPEAKERS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT

BASES TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO

STOP ALL THE HATE HAPPENING NOW.

DURING THE VIGIL, PEOPLE WERE

TOLD TO KEEP AN EYE OUT AND

WATCH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

MANY SHARTD THEIR DISGUST FOR

WHAT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AS

AN ARSON AND HATE CRIME.

PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP HERE SAY EVEN

THE FIRE -- EVEN PEOPLE WHO

WORSHIP HERE SAY EVEN AS THE

FIRE STARTED OVERNIGHT, WHAT

KEPT IT SUPER SPREADING WAS

WORSHIPPERS HEARD AND SMELLED

SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.

POLICE SAY THEY PUT THE FLAMES

OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

INVESTIGATORS ALSO TELL NBC 7

THERE WAS GRAFFITI AND A NOTE

LEFT BEHIND MENTIONING THE

ATTACKS IN NEW ZEALAND.

SPEAKERS AT THE VIGIL SAY,

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ANOTHER

REMINDER TO STAY VILLAGE LANT.

>> THE BOTTOM LINE, NO MATTER

WHO YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU

COME FROM, THE BOTTOM LINE IS

THAT WE’RE HUMAN.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE’RE

ALL CHILDREN OF THE SAME FAMILY.

>> ESCONDIDO POLICE WERE HERE

WATCHING OVER THE VIGIL.

POLICE SAY AFTER THE ATTACK IN

NEW ZEALAND, THEY DID BUMP UP

PATROLS IN THE AREA.

NOW THEY SAY THERE’S GOING TO BE