CHINESE MAN, 68, OPENED FIRE AT CALIFORNIA CHURCH OVER ‘POLITICAL TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN’

 May 16, 2022 

CHINESE MAN, 68, OPENED FIRE AT CALIFORNIA CHURCH OVER ‘POLITICAL TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN’

David Chow, 68, is accused of opening fire on a Taiwanese congregation on Sunday in Laguna Woods, California.

Police say a Chinese man accused of shooting a Taiwanese man to death and wounding five others at a California church on Sunday was motivated by “political tensions between China and Taiwan”.

David Chow, 68, is accused of opening fire on a Taiwanese congregation at a church in Laguna Woods, about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

He killed Dr. John Cheng, 52 years old. He leaves a wife and two children.

The five injured include four men, ages 66 to 92, and an 86-year-old woman.

Four of the injured are in critical condition.

Chow, who is from Las Vegas, was charged with one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder and has bail set at $1 million.

At a Monday afternoon news conference, lawmakers said the attacker was motivated by the ethnicity of his victims.

Taiwan is a sovereign island nation about 160 kilometers off the coast of China. The small country still claims China, although it has its own representation at the UN and is independently recognized by 13 countries and the Vatican.

Agents said Chow even tried to overtighten the locks to try to keep everyone inside.

The pastor hit Chow on the back of his chair after he started shooting. Obsolete parishioners, who say they had never seen him before, took the gun and tied it up with an electrical cable until the police arrived.

John Cheng was shot and killed in a church shooting in California on Sunday.

Police identified a man who shot an elderly man at a church in Southern California on Sunday afternoon as 68-year-old David Cho.

The feligreses (some in the photo together) were in the salon after a morning service during the morning to greet their former pastor Billy Chang (in the photo in the center, room from the right) after returning to Taiwan for the first time in two years.

Deputies say Chow, who is Chinese, was motivated by an “individual denunciation” against Taiwanese society. Above, detectives outside Geneva Presbyterian Church.

The shooting took place in the small town of Laguna Woods, 55 miles south of Los Angeles.

Chow is accused of committing a heinous crime at the Presbyterian Church of Geneva.

The horrific attack came a day after a white supremacist killed 10 people at a New York grocery store.

The abuser must not live in the area. Public records show he has been linked to dozens of different addresses since the late 1980s, indicating he is a real estate investor. Orange County Registry reports.

Lawmakers now say the Chinese attacker was motivated by an “individual grievance” against Taiwan, which recently complained about an increased Chinese military presence in its airspace.

About 40 worshipers witnessed the violence on Sunday, but participants also helped to prevent further bloodshed by overpowering the gunman and tying him up.

The shooting took place around 1:25 pm at a dinner honoring former pastor Billy Chang, who served the church for 20 years and was a beloved and respected member of the community.

Chang returned to Taiwan two years ago. This was the first time he returned to the state.

Longtime parishioner Jerry Chen, 72, had just entered the kitchen of a church fellowship hall when he heard gunshots and saw church members screaming, running and choking under tables.

“I knew someone was shooting,” he said. “I was very, very scared. I ran to the kitchen door to call 911′.