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LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. — A 68-year-old man has been charged with one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder after he opened fire at a California church on Sunday as the mainly elderly congregation had gathered for a banquet to honor a former pastor.
Authorities believe that David Chou, a Chinese immigrant who currently works as a security guard from Las Vegas, Nevada, had targeted Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods due to personal angst over political tensions between China and Taiwan. The church is largely comprised of Taiwanese immigrants.
During a press conference on Monday, Orange County Sheriff Donald Barnes explained that were it not for the quick action of church members, who tackled Chou and tied him with an extension cord, the tragedy could have been even worse. Barnes explained that police found “several bags within the facility [that] contained magazines with additional ammo [and] four Molotov cocktail-type incendiary devices that he had placed around the inside of the church.”
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