{"id":1476774,"date":"2022-05-16T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476774"},"modified":"2022-05-16T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:30:41","slug":"police-id-california-church-shooter-who-was-hog-tied-by-congregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-id-california-church-shooter-who-was-hog-tied-by-congregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Police ID California Church Shooter Who Was \u2018Hog-Tied\u2019 By Congregation"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpolice-id-california-church-shooter-who-was-hog-tied-by-congregation%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=1476774&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>Authorities in California identified the man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/churchgoers-hog-tied-gunman-who-opened-fire-on-flock-killing-1-and-wounding-5\">shot up a church Sunday<\/a>, killing one and wounding another five before members of the congregation disarmed him and used extension cords to hog-tie him until police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The attack occurred early Sunday afternoon inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, where a Taiwanese congregation was having a lunch banquet following services. Although The Daily Wire will not name the suspect, in keeping with its policy of depriving mass shooters of the notoriety they often crave, he was described as a 68-year-old Asian man from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been booked on one felony count of murder and five felony counts of attempted murder,\u201d the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office tweeted Monday. \u201cMore info to follow at today\u2019s press conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shooting 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OC Sheriff arrests man suspected in Laguna Woods church shooting. Read the full release below. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOPAxRQ3bt\">pic.twitter.com\/rOPAxRQ3bt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OC Sheriff, CA (@OCSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OCSheriff\/status\/1526031595689324544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>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<p>Four of the shooting victims were in critical condition. Police did not release details on the dead congregant, but the wounded included four men and one woman, all ranging in age from 66 to 92.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not disclose a motive for the shooting. The suspect was being held in the Orange County Jail.<\/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<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in California identified the man who shot up a church Sunday, killing one and wounding another five before members of the congregation disarmed him and used extension cords to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1483112,"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-1476774","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\/1476774","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=1476774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}