Dr. John Cheng attempted to disarm the shooter before he was shot and killed, and he is being hailed by authorities as a «hero.»
Dr. John Cheng, a 52-year-old physician who was killed during a mass shooting at a California church this weekend, attempted to disarm the alleged gunman by charging toward him and allowing others to flee the scene. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Cheng’s identity on Monday, and lauded his efforts as being heroic. Five other people were injured in the shooting when 68-year-old David Wenwei Chou allegedly entered a Sunday gathering at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods and opened fire. The shooting is now being investigated by a police as a «politically motivated hate incident», stemming from tensions between China and Taiwan. Chou, a U.S. citizen born in China, is believed to have targeted the church because it was holding a luncheon on behalf of a local Taiwanese congregation, police said Monday.
