Category: Laguna Woods Shooting

Laguna Woods Taiwanese Church Honors Hero One Year After Mass Shooting

May 16, 2023
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A year ago on May 15, nearly 50 congregants attending their Sunday service in a Laguna Woods church didn’t think the day would suddenly turn into horror when a man opened fire in the building that killed one and injured five in attendance. Hundreds gathered at the location on May 14 marking the anniversary of…

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Man Accused of Shooting Laguna Woods Church Faces Nearly 100 Federal Hate Crimes

May 12, 2023
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An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana May 10 charged the man who opened fire, killing a prominent Orange County doctor and injuring five others, last May at the Laguna Woods Geneva Presbyterian Church with 98 federal hate crimes. If convicted, David Chou, 69, of Las Vegas, faces a maximum penalty…

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Laguna Woods Church Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

August 20, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty Aug. 19 to opening fire inside a Laguna Woods church in an alleged hate crime attack that killed a local doctor and injured five other parishioners. David Wenwei Chou, who was ordered held without bail, was scheduled to return to court Oct. 21 for a pretrial…

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Local Taiwanese Community Mourns Victims of Laguna Woods Church Shooting

May 21, 2022
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LAGUNA WOODS, Calif.—Members of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church and leaders of the Taiwanese American community gathered on May 21 to mourn and honor the victims of a May 15 mass shooting that killed one and injured five. At the start of the memorial service—held at the Taiwanese congregation’s lunch banquet at Geneva Presbyterian Church…

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