By Hannah Fry
From Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES—A 68-year-old man accused of killing one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods has been charged with hate crime enhancements, Orange County prosecutors announced Friday.
David Wenwei Chou of Las Vegas had previously been charged with murder, attempted murder, and other felony counts in the May 15 shooting.
Prosecutors this week added a hate crimes enhancement to the murder charge, alleging that Chou’s killing of Dr. John Cheng, 52, was motivated by race, color, religion, nationality, or country of origin.
Prosecutors also added hate crime enhancements for each of the five counts of attempted murder against Chou….