Laguna Woods (USA), May 16 (agency)
In Southern California, US, a suspect opened fire on people attending a church banquet on Sunday, killing one person and injuring five senior citizens. Officials gave this information. He said the people present in the church showed “extraordinary valor and bravery” and apprehended the attacker on the spot. Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said four people were seriously injured, one with minor injuries, in a shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods around 1:30 p.m. According to undersheriff Jeff Hallock, the suspect is a man of Asian descent, who appears to be in his 60s and 70s. He said the suspect has been taken into custody and two handguns have been recovered from the spot. According to Hallock, the motive behind the shooting is not yet known, but investigators believe the attacker is not a resident of the area. According to sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun, most of the people in the church at the time of the shooting are believed to be of Taiwanese origin. They said the suspect fired at 30 to 40 members of the Irwin Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, who attended a church banquet after an early morning prayer meeting, and that the attacker was apprehended by those present before police arrived.
