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Nicholas Goldberg: We rarely prosecute bigots and racists who spew hate speech. And rightly so

In March, a woman dressed all in black like a Nazi SS officer and wearing a swastika armband got into an altercation with several local residents of Laguna Woods, California.

Los Angeles Times

Taiwanese church shooting suspect is charged with hate crimes

LOS ANGELES — A 68-year-old man accused of killing one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods has been charged with hate crime enhancements, Orange County prosecutors announced Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Orange County church shooting suspect makes first in-person court appearance

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Las Vegas man charged with killing one man and injuring five others at a Laguna Woods church made his first in-person appearance in an Orange County courtroom Friday, nearly a month after allegedly carrying out a rampage that authorities say was driven by yearslong hatred…

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US gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings

In recent weeks, a string of devastating shootings — at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, a church in Laguna Woods, California, and now an elementary school in little Uvalde, Texas — has renewed calls for tighter gun restrictions.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Buffalo, Laguna Woods and the Supreme Court's radical revision of US history

Talk about a sad coincidence.

Los Angeles Times

‘Evil was in that church’: A stranger lurking, shots fired, then heroes rise in Laguna Woods

LOS ANGELES — Behind the pulpit of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, Pastor Billy Chang was in his element.

Los Angeles Times

Laguna Woods church shooting suspect ‘revealed anti-Taiwan motive’ in seven-volume diary sent to newspaper

David Chou has been charged with fatally shooting one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods

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Gunman targets Taiwanese faith with long pro-democracy link

Officials in California's Orange County are still trying to determine why a gunman opened fire in a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods

The Independent UK

Taiwanese church shooting suspect mailed 7-volume diary to Chinese-language newspaper

LOS ANGELES — A man charged with fatally shooting one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods mailed seven volumes titled “Diary of an Independence-Destroying Angel” to the Los Angeles offices of the World Journal, the Chinese-language newspaper reported Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Why Laguna Woods? Mysteries still loom in Taiwanese church shooting

LOS ANGELES — While the suspect in the Laguna Woods church shooting has been charged with multiple felony counts, some key mysteries remain about the attack on a Taiwanese church that left one dead and five wounded.

Los Angeles Times

California shooting highlights growing tensions between Taiwan and China

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The man accused of opening fire inside a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, California, on Sunday is believed to have been driven by hatred for Taiwanese people and the political belief that Taiwan is a part of China, highlighting the increasingly fraught geopolitical situation in the Taiwan…

Los Angeles Times

Doctor killed in Laguna Woods shooting was trying to disarm suspect, save others

LOS ANGELES — The churchgoer killed when a gunman opened fire at a Laguna Woods church Sunday was a sports medicine doctor and master of martial arts who was slain while trying to stop the shooting, authorities said Monday.

Los Angeles Times

California church shooter motivated by anti-Taiwan hate: Police

Las Vegas man booked on murder, attempted murder charges in weekend shooting that left one dead, five injured.

Al Jazeera

Parishioners stop gunman in deadly California church attack

A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five before parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.

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Parishioners stop gunman in deadly California church attack

A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five before parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.

The Independent UK

Gunman and victim identified in Laguna Woods church shooting motivated by politics, hate

Orange County officials on Monday said David Chou has been booked on murder, attempted murder charges

Daily Mirror

California shooting: Gunman opens fire in church and kills one before being hog-tied

One person has died in a shooting at a church after a gunman attacked a church during a lunch banquet before he was tied up by the members of Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California

France 24

California churchgoers hog-tie gunman after deadly attack

A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five senior citizens before a pastor hit the gunman on the head with a chair and parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.

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One dead, four critically injured in California church shooting

Laguna Woods (United States) (AFP) - One person was dead and four others in critical condition after a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement said Sunday, just one day after a gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in New York state.

Los Angeles Times

Churchgoers hog-tied gunman after deadly California church shooting

LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and five others were wounded Sunday after a gunman opened fire on a Taiwanese church congregation in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

Churchgoers tackled gunman after deadly California church shooting

LOS ANGELES — A gunman attacked a lunch banquet at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, killing one person and wounding five others Sunday before congregants tackled him, tied him up with an extension cord and grabbed his two weapons, authorities said.

The Independent UK

Worshippers ‘hogtied’ gunman who killed one and injured five at Laguna Woods church in California

Police describe suspect as Asian man in his 60s without apparent connection to church

Politico

California churchgoers detained gunman in deadly attack

One person died in the attack at the church in Laguna Woods.

The Independent UK

Laguna Woods shooting - live: Churchgoers ‘hogtied’ shooter with power cord after one killed and five injured

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Multiple people shot at California church, authorities say

The shooting happened at an unnamed church in the city of Laguna Woods, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said on Twitter.

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