A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church on Sunday before he was stopped and hog-tied by parishioners in what a sheriff’s official called an act of “exceptional heroism and bravery.”
Crime scene tape is stretched across an area at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., Sunday, May 15, 2022, after a fatal shooting. LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. — — A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church on Sunday before being stopped and hog-tied by parishioners in what a sheriff’s official called an act of “exceptional heroism and bravery.”
The majority of those inside the church at the time were believed to be of Taiwanese descent, said Carrie Braun, a sheriff’s spokesperson. A man died at the scene and a fifth injured person suffered minor injuries, officials said. All the victims were adults. “Please keep the leadership of the Taiwanese congregation and Geneva in your prayers as they care for the those traumatized by this shooting,” the presbytery’s Tom Cramer said in a statement on Facebook.