{"id":1476105,"date":"2022-05-15T22:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T02:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476105"},"modified":"2022-05-15T22:29:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T02:29:43","slug":"churchgoers-hog-tied-gunman-who-opened-fire-on-flock-killing-1-and-wounding-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/churchgoers-hog-tied-gunman-who-opened-fire-on-flock-killing-1-and-wounding-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Churchgoers \u2018Hog-Tied\u2019 Gunman Who Opened Fire On Flock, Killing 1 And Wounding 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchurchgoers-hog-tied-gunman-who-opened-fire-on-flock-killing-1-and-wounding-5%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476105&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240697894.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Churchgoers overpowered and \u201chog-tied\u201d a gunman after he opened fire in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\">California<\/a> house of worship, killing one and injuring five more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-05-15\/multiple-people-shot-at-church-in-laguna-woods-o-c-sheriff-says\">authorities said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The attack came early Sunday afternoon inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, where a Taiwanese congregation was having a lunch banquet following services, police said. After the gunman started shooting, church members grabbed him, took two handguns from him and \u201chog-tied\u201d him with an extension cord, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat group of churchgoers displayed what we believe is exceptional heroism and bravery,\u201d Orange County Undersheriff Jeff Hallock said. \u201cIt\u2019s safe to say that had they not intervened this situation could have been much worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photos from my mom at the scene of a shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OCSheriff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OCSheriff<\/a> reports that multiple people have been shot, a suspect has been detained, and a weapon has been recovered. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UfgxfjQEYV\">pic.twitter.com\/UfgxfjQEYV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1525955699641024516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Four of the shooting victims were in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not disclose a motive for the shooting, which came just one day after an 18-year-old suspect killed 10 and wounded three in what is believed to have been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buffalo-mass-shooting-suspect-had-been-flagged-as-troubled-a-year-ago-report\">racially- motivated attack at a Buffalo, N.Y., market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All of the victims in the California attack were adults, and the oldest of those killed was 92, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes told reporters<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0roughly 40 people were inside <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">church<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> during <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">shooting<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. He did not provide any details about the suspect\u2019s identity. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-05-15\/multiple-people-shot-at-church-in-laguna-woods-o-c-sheriff-says\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a>, quoting a law enforcement source, said the suspect is believed to be a 68-year-old Asian man \u00a0from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church holds a 10 a.m. service at Geneva, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/irvinetpc.org\">its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Cramer, a former pastor at the Geneva Presbyterian Church, told the LA Times the shooting occurred during a lunch reception honoring a former pastor of the Taiwanese church who is returning to Taiwan. Cramer said he did not know if that pastor was among the victims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse\">\n<div id=\"module-article\">\n<div id=\"caas-art-8ade2e26-35bc-3cc9-acd7-b995a2970ca4\" class=\"caas caas-cc enableAdSlotsOneSlot enableInArticleAd enableLiveConfig enableSingleSlotting enableSlideShowKV enableVideoDocking enableVideoThirtyView enableXrayAthleteHeaderV2 enableXrayEntityAboutFacts enableXrayNcp enableXrayNcpV2SalienceMerge enableXrayPeopleEntities enableXrayTopicEntities noRapidClickClass outStream removeDuplicateImage showCommentsIconInShareSec slideshowv2 news caas-click-attached\" data-assets=\"[]\" data-cobrandname=\"\" data-device=\"desktop\" data-i18n=\"{\">\n<article class=\"caas-container\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"caas-body-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"caas-body-content\">\n<div class=\"caas-body-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"caas-body-section\">\n<div class=\"caas-content wafer-sticky wafer-loader-success\" data-wf-sticky-boundary=\"caas-body-section\" data-wf-sticky-offset=\"165px 10px\" data-wf-sticky-target=\".caas-share-buttons\">\n<div class=\"caas-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"caas-body\">\n<p>\u201cThey are sisters and brothers in Christ. They have been good friends with us,\u201d Cramer said of the Taiwanese church. \u201cThis is a shock to us that anything like this would happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caas-body\">\n<p>Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said homicide investigators from his office were on the scene and that his office is working with federal law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurches are intended to be safe sanctuaries from hate and violence,\u201d Spitzer said in a statement. \u201cThat serenity was shattered this afternoon by a gunman who unleashed unspeakable violence in a house of worship. Good will always triumph over evil and we are working with our local and federal law enforcement partners to ensure the person responsible is held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churchgoers overpowered and \u201chog-tied\u201d a gunman after he opened fire in a California house of worship, killing one and injuring five more, authorities said.The attack came early Sunday afternoon inside<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1483113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1476105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}