Just In: A Nevada man has been charged with 98 criminal counts, including hate crimes, for a 2022 shooting and attempted bombing at a Laguna Woods church that killed one person and injured five others.
A Nevada man has been charged with 98 federal criminal counts, including hate crimes and weapons and explosives offenses, for aat an Orange County church that killed one person and wounded five others.
David Chou, 69, of Las Vegas, faces the death sentence or life in prison without the possibility of parole over the shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church, a Taiwanese congregation in Laguna Woods, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Laguna Woods is a city in Orange County bordered by Laguna Hills and Lake Forest. It is located about 10 miles from University of California Irvine.
In addition to the victims who were shot, Chou was charged with trying to kill 44 other people who were in the church at the time.“Chou allegedly acted because of the victims’ national origin and religion, and he intentionally obstructed the victims’ religious exercise,” the Department of Justice said.The charges include 45 counts of obstructing free exercise of religious beliefs by force, 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.
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