오렌지 카운티의 한 교회에서 총격을 가해 1명을 죽이고 5명에게 부상을 입힌 남성, 캘리포니아, 그의 혐의에 증오 범죄 강화가 추가되었습니다., the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
David Wenwei Chou, 68, had hate crime enhancements added for each of the five counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said in a news release. They also said that an amended complaint was filed this week to add “a special circumstance that Chou intentionally killed his victim because of his race, 색깔, 종교, nationality, or country of origin.”
“After a review of additional evidence in this case, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has filed an amended criminal complaint to include hate crime allegations,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in the release. His office did not share what additional evidence was found.
CNN has reached out to Chou’s attorney for comment on the enhancements.
During a church lunch banquet, Chou attempted to lock the doors from the inside with chains and super glue and then opened fire at the elderly churchgoers, 관리들은 말했다. Chou also had a bag of Molotov cocktails and a bag of extra ammunition, 당국에 따르면.
박사. 존 쳉, a family and sports medicine physician there with his recently widowed mother, charged at the man and was fatally shot in the attempt. His efforts caused the gun to jam.
The pastor, Billy Chang, struck the gunman with a chair, and others hogtied the man and took at least two handguns from him, 관리들은 말했다.
Cheng, 52, was pronounced dead at the church, and authorities praised him as a hero for preventing further bloodshed.
Four men aged 66, 75, 82 과 92 and an 86-year-old woman were injured.
Prosecutors previously charged Chou with one felony count of murder, five felony counts of premeditated attempted murder, four felony counts of possession of an explosive device, and felony enhancements of lying in wait and personal discharge of a firearm causing death in relation to the May 15 촬영.
전년도 대비 학년도, Chou could face a maximum sentence of death, 검사는 말했다.
Chou is currently being held with no bail and is scheduled to be in court on August 19.
