A gunman opened fire at a church in southern California, killing one person and seriously injuring five.
Sunday, May 15, a shooting occurred at a Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods, California, during a dinner feast in honor of the departure of a local priest to Taiwan.
Reported The New York Times.
A man armed with two pistols attacked a dinner party at a church called “Taiwanese” because its congregation is predominantly from that country.
Attacker kills one man and injured five others before the congregation pounced on him, tied him up with an extension cord and disarmed him.
“They showed exceptional heroism and bravery. It's safe to say that if they didn't intervene, this situation could have been much worse,” Deputy Sheriff Jeff Hallock said.
Church parishioners say they didn't recognize the shooter and hadn't seen him in church before. The man opened fire when everyone was taking pictures with the pastor who was leaving for Taiwan.
The Sheriff's Department detained the suspect, who turned out to be Asian in his 60s. He had two commercially available handguns.
The motive for the crime remains unclear. Police officials said they did not know if the incident was related to ethnic hatred.
Recall that on the eve of this crime in the American city of Buffalo, New York, an 18-year-old guy shot more than ten people with an automatic rifle in a supermarket . He broadcast his crime live on the Internet.
