A federal grand jury has indicted a suspect on 98 counts, including 90 hate crime counts, in connection with a shooting at a Taiwanese church in Irvine, California, nearly a year ago which left one man dead and five others wounded, authorities said.
A federal grand jury has indicted a suspect on 98 counts, including 90 hate crime counts, in connectionat a Taiwanese church in Irvine, California, nearly a year ago which left one man dead and five others wounded, authorities said.
Authorities said that Chou entered the Geneva Presbyterian Church on May 15, 2022, during a lunch banquet following a morning service and opened fire on a mostly elderly group of 45 people. The gunman, identified as Chou, was disarmed of two handguns, detained and tied up by parishioners until deputies arrived on the scene, sheriff's officials said, adding that deputies also recovered four Molotov cocktail-like devices and bags of ammunition.
"Chou allegedly acted because of the victims' national origin and religion, and he intentionally obstructed the victims' religious exercise," the Justice Department said in its news release Thursday announcing the charges.
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