A Las Vegas man accused of killing a man and wounding five others at a Taiwanese church in California on Sunday, allegedly motivated by political tensions between China and Taiwan, has been charged with murder.
An Orange County Sheriff's Department K-9 unit checks the grounds Sunday at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., after a fatal shooting.
Chou traveled to Southern California on Saturday before the attack Sunday at the church in Laguna Woods, where he is accused of securing doors with chains and using glue to disable locks. Cheng was a married father of two who was well respected in the field of sports medicine, Barnes said. “When he lowered his gun after several shots I rushed down the platform and picked up a chair and threw it at the gunman. The gunman fell to the floor at this time and additional congregant courageously came to help restrain him while others called 911,” Chang said.
After Cheng charged him, the gunman was detained by members of the church, who hogtied him with electrical extension cords, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s officials said about 40 people who belong to the Taiwanese church were at the facility when gunfire broke out.
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