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April 17, 2024 |
Investigators: Church attack was ‘politically motivated’ LAGUNA NIGUEL – Orange County authorities are revealing more about Sunday’s mass shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church that left one person dead and four others wounded.
Sometime after a prayer service ended and before a luncheon began, authorities believe David Wenwei Chou entered the dining hall at the church carrying a life-long hatred of Taiwanese people and enough weaponry to kill dozens, the Orange County Register reported. Chou allegedly used padlocks, Super Glu and nails to seal most of the dining hall doors. He also dropped two bags – one carrying magazines of ammunition and another carrying four devices described as Molotov cocktails – behind a black curtain, authorities said. And at some point in the day, witnesses and authorities added, Chou did something else: He mingled with the people he would soon try to kill. Later, as the lunch was ending, authorities say Chou, 68, used a semi-automatic pistol to shoot and kill one man and injure four others. Authorities said their investigation suggests the deadly attack was a “politically motivated hate crime.” Story Date: May 27, 2022
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