LAGUNA WOODS, Calif.—Members of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church and leaders of the Taiwanese American community gathered on May 21 to mourn and honor the victims of a May 15 mass shooting that killed one and injured five.
At the start of the memorial service—held at the Taiwanese congregation’s lunch banquet at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California—attendants stood in silence for one minute in front of a display of flowers, in memory of the 52-year-old Dr. John Cheng, a local physician who was shot to death after—what people are calling—a selfless, heroic act that likely saved many lives at the mass shooting.
