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1 killed, 3 injured in San Diego County synagogue shooting

One person was killed and three injured in an attack Saturday at a synagogue in Poway, San Diego County authorities said.

A man has been detained for questioning in connection with the shooting at the Chabad of Poway, officials said.

Deputies were dispatched to the scene on Chabad Way just before 11:30 a.m. after receiving reports of an active shooter, said Sgt. Aaron Meleen of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

Those wounded in the shooting were taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Poway Mayor Steve Vaus, who was at the sheriff’s command center at nearby Chaparral Elementary School, told CNN that there was one fatality and that the shooting was being investigated as a hate crime.

“I understand that this was someone with hate in their heart, hate for the Jewish community,” he said of the shooter.

"We are grateful to those in the congregation there that engaged the shooter and prevented this from being a much more horrific incident," Vaus told MSNBC.

The mayor, who lives near the site, sought to reassure the community that there was no further threat.

“The scene is safe,” he said. “The subject is custody. We will be in prayer for those injured. … There is no ongoing threat to community.”

Police say the suspect, a 19-year-old resident of San Diego, was injured by an armed off-duty Border Patrol agent who was inside the synagogue and returned fire. The suspect retreated in a vehicle and then surrendered by calling 911.