Full coverage of the Laguna Woods church shooting
A gunman attacked a lunch banquet at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five others before congregants tackled him, hogtied him with an extension cord and grabbed his two weapons, authorities said.
Here’s what we know.
A photo showed stacks of paper filled with handwritten Chinese characters and secured with binder clips.
The suspect in the shooting at a Laguna Woods church is believed to have been driven in part by the political belief that Taiwan is a part of China.
Prosecutors have not yet filed a hate crime sentencing enhancement against David Wenwei Chou, accused of shooting six people, one fatally, in Laguna Woods.
David Wenwei Chou’s wife had relocated to Taiwan during a divorce. He’d sold the Vegas building he lived in and couldn’t afford rent, a neighbor says.
When a man began shooting at the congregants — most of them elderly and Taiwanese — Dr. John Cheng put himself in the line of fire.
President Tsai Ing-wen’s office extends condolences to the victims as a Taiwanese lawmaker questions whether Chinese propaganda fueled the violence.
About 150 law enforcement officials, politicians and others gathered Monday night at a church in Irvine for a prayer vigil.
‘It is believed the suspect involved was upset about political tensions between China and Taiwan,’ Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said.
Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, whose members were the target of an attack authorities allege was a politically motivated hate incident, released a letter that offered new insights into the events of the hours before the shooting and its direct aftermath.
When the suspect began shooting, Dr. John Cheng put himself in the line of fire and tried to prevent others from being shot, sheriff’s officials say.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department says it detained a suspect and a weapon at a church shooting in Laguna Woods.
“I knew something was wrong. I called 911,” a witness told The Times.
Authorities said the actions of churchgoers likely saved lives.
The 100 or so church members, most of whom are senior citizens, worship in their native language — not Mandarin but Taiwanese.
The shooting at the church left one dead, five wounded and the surrounding community stunned and in mourning.
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A gunman attacked a lunch banquet at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, killing one person and wounding five others Sunday before congregants tackled him, hogtied him with an extension cord and grabbed his two weapons, authorities said.
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