The alleged gunman in a Taiwanese church shooting in California last year that killed one and injured five others now faces nearly 100 federal charges, including hate crimes.
that Chou has been charged with 98 counts of hate crimes, weapons and explosives offenses.
A federal grand jury in Santa Ana indicted Chou on 45 counts of obstructing free exercise of religious beliefs by force, which resulted in the death of one person and included attempts to kill 44 others, and 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act "by attacking the church congregants because of their actual or perceived Taiwanese national origin and Presbyterian faith," prosecutors said.
He was also indicted on six counts of using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, one count of carrying explosives during the commission of a federal felony offense, and one count of attempting to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce by means of fire and explosives.
Suspect in the Laguna Woods church shooting David Chou, 68, of Las Vegas, is shown in this police booking photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department on May 16, 2022.If convicted on the federal charges, Chou faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty, prosecutors said. Online court records do not include any attorney information for him at this time.
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