SDPD: Threat neutralized at San Diego Islamic Center 4%

By Sophia Flores0% Lillian Mann0%

5/18/2026, 1:37:28 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Recency Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22% saturation with 76 hits. Analysis detected 686 faulty-reasoning hits from 345 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 16.7% and a BS Rank of 4% (16,297 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the article peer group.

OAN Staff Sophia Flores and Lillian Mann 
Monday, May 18, 2026 
UPDATE 1:28 PM  The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) announced in an X post that the threat at the Islamic Center of San Diego has been neutralized. 
The SDPD also said that a media staging area has been established at the Northwest Corner of Lindbergh Park in San Diego. 
The threat at the Islamic center has been neutralized. 
Media staging has been established as the Northwest Corner of Lindbergh Park. 
(4141 Ashford Street, SD, Ca, 92111) 
#SDPDPIO 
 San Diego Police Department (@SanDiegoPD) May 18, 2026 
12:55 PM  A massive police presence has converged on the Islamic Center of San Diego following reports of an active shooter. 
On Monday morning, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria confirmed on X that law enforcement is currently responding to an active shooter situation at the Clairemont-neighborhood mosque. 
I am aware of the active shooter situation at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont and am continuing to receive updates from law enforcement. 
Emergency personnel are on scene and actively working to protect the community and secure the area. 
 San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (@MayorToddGloria) May 18, 2026 
Helicopter footage appeared to show one person wearing a tactical vest lying motionless at the scene, surrounded by a pool of blood. 
Authorities have not officially confirmed any deaths as of 12:45 p.m. 
PT. 
While officials confirmed the situation is contained, it remains active, and police have not yet determined how many shooters were involved. 
BREAKING: Authorities respond to reports of an active shooter at an Islamic center in San Diego, California. 
Public urged to avoid the area as the situation remains active. 
Watch OAN on Spectrum and YouTube TV today for more updates. https://t.co/6nI8cPxLsh pic.twitter.com/bPKhItX7du 
 One America News (@OANN) May 18, 2026 
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Confirmation Bias
10.7%
Anchoring Bias
8.1%
Availability Heuristic
12.8%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
4.9%
Loss Aversion
6.1%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
4.6%
Pessimism Bias
9.3%
Negativity Bias
17.7%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
4.6%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
13.9%
Primacy Effect
8.1%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
22%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
6.4%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
4.3%
Appeal to Emotion
6.4%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
6.4%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
6.4%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
6.4%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
6.1%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
7.5%
Quote-first Misdirection
8.1%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
6.7%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
11.3%

345 words analyzed.

Analysis

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