Man Accused of Shooting Laguna Woods Church Faces Nearly 100 Federal Hate Crimes

Man Accused of Shooting Laguna Woods Church Faces Nearly 100 Federal Hate Crimes
David Chou (L) appears for an arraignment with his attorney deputy public defender, Jennifer Ryan, at superior court in Santa Ana, Calif., on Aug. 19, 2022. Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP
Rudy Blalock
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An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana May 10 charged the man who opened fire, killing a prominent Orange County doctor and injuring five others, last May at the Laguna Woods Geneva Presbyterian Church with 98 federal hate crimes.

If convicted, David Chou, 69, of Las Vegas, faces a maximum penalty of death or life in prison without the possibility of parole, the Department of Justice announced in a news release May 11.