The alleged gunman in a Taiwanese church shooting in California that killed one and injured five others now faces nearly 100 federal charges, including hate crimes.
In this May 18, 2022, file photo, a person stands with flowers at a makeshift memorial for Dr. John Cheng outside his office in Aliso Viejo, Calif.in California last year that killed one and injured five others now faces nearly 100 federal charges, including hate crimes.
A federal grand jury in Santa Ana indicted Chou on 45 counts of obstructing free exercise of religious beliefs by force, which resulted in the death of one person and included attempts to kill 44 others, and 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act "by attacking the church congregants because of their actual or perceived Taiwanese national origin and Presbyterian faith," prosecutors said.
If convicted on the federal charges, Chou faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty, prosecutors said. Online court records do not include any attorney information for him at this time.including murder with an enhancement for a hate crime and five counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting. He pleaded not guilty to the state charges last year.
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