SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty Aug. 19 to opening fire inside a Laguna Woods church in an alleged hate crime attack that killed a local doctor and injured five other parishioners.
David Wenwei Chou, who was ordered held without bail, was scheduled to return to court Oct. 21 for a pretrial hearing.
Chou, 68, is accused of opening fire with two semiautomatic handguns May 15 inside the Geneva Presbyterian Church where a Taiwanese congregation was holding a luncheon to celebrate the return of a former pastor. Authorities said Chou carried out the shooting due to a long-standing grievance against the Taiwanese community over tensions with China….