Churchgoers hog-tie gunman after shooting in California church kills one By Reuters

By Daybreak Chmielewski

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A gunman opened hearth in a Southern California church throughout a lunch banquet on Sunday, killing one individual and wounding 5, earlier than churchgoers detained the suspect and hog-tied his legs with {an electrical} wire, authorities mentioned.

Police responded to the incident that unfolded at about 1:30 p.m. native time (2039 GMT) on the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods and arrested an unidentified suspect in his 60s, Orange County Undersheriff Jeff Hallock advised a information convention.

“That group of churchgoers displayed … distinctive heroism and bravado in intervening to cease the suspect. They undoubtedly prevented further accidents and fatalities,” he mentioned.

One individual died on the scene whereas 4 different victims had been critically wounded. One other individual suffered minor accidents, he mentioned. The entire injured had been taken to hospitals.

About 30 to 40 individuals had been within the church when the taking pictures occurred, Hallock mentioned.

“At the moment, we have no idea what the suspect’s motive could also be or whether or not he had an supposed goal, or whether or not that is even a hate-related incident,” Hallock mentioned, including that authorities imagine the suspect doesn’t reside within the space.

Two handguns had been discovered on the scene.

“Nobody ought to must concern going to their place of worship. Our ideas are with the victims, group, and all these impacted by this tragic occasion,” Governor Gavin Newsom’s workplace mentioned on Twitter (NYSE:).

It was not less than the second mass taking pictures of the weekend in america, which has been plagued with gun violence in recent times. In Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, a white 18-year-old man opened hearth at a grocery store in a principally Black neighborhood, killing 10 and wounding three in what authorities described as a purely racist assault.