David W. Chou, a Chinese-born U.S. citizen, was allegedly upset about political tensions between China and Taiwan when he attacked members of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church enjoying a lunch banquet for a former pastor.
Yorba Linda Councilwoman Peggy Huang, who spoke to witnesses, told
that the suspect was a stranger to the crowd. He was holding newspapers and acting weird—then started locking the doors to the room before opening fire.The banquet was in honor of a former Irvine Taiwanese pastor who was returning to Taiwan and there were about 30 to 40 people present. Authorities said they believe more people would have been shot or killed if church members had not taken down the gunman. A pastor reportedly hit him on the head with a chair, and then others used an extension cord to wrap him up.“It’s just amazing," Huang told NBC. “You know, we called our grandparents ‘a-gong’ and ‘āmā,’ and these a-gongs and āmās in their 70s and 80s are just amazing, amazing people, to have that clear sense of mind to take this guy down.
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