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Monterey Park shooter’s motives remain a mystery; cops can’t connect him to victims

LOS ANGELES — In the days since 72-year-old Huu Can Tran opened fire at a Monterey Park dance studio, fragments of his life and possible motives for the attack have slowly emerged.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

3 California mass shootings force grieving Asian Americans to ask painful questions

LOS ANGELES — Their motives for mass murder appeared to be different — workplace enmity, law enforcement officials said, or personal resentment, or a political conflict in a homeland across the ocean.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 25, 2023

Accused Southern California church shooter pleads not guilty

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A 68-year-old Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty on Friday to killing a doctor and wounding five other people during a shooting rampage at a Laguna Woods church that authorities allege was driven by a long-running hatred of Taiwanese people.

The Orange County Register · Aug 19, 2022

Orange County church shooting suspect makes first in-person court appearance

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Las Vegas man charged with killing one man and injuring five others at a Laguna Woods church made his first in-person appearance in an Orange County courtroom Friday, nearly a month after allegedly carrying out a rampage that authorities say was driven by yearslong hatred…

The Orange County Register · Jun 10, 2022

Complex Taiwanese and Chinese identities are exposed after gunman enters church

A gunman who killed one man and shot others exposes the complex identities of Taiwanese and Chinese people.

WEKU · Jun 9, 2022

Taiwan's political divide fueled a gunman's rage. It also splits my family

After my parents got married, my Yeye went to my Ah-Gong's house in Taiwan to introduce himself.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 1, 2022

A week after a gunman opened fire, worshipers return to Taiwanese church

It could have been any Sunday morning at the Taiwanese church.

Los Angeles Times · May 23, 2022

‘Evil was in that church’: A stranger lurking, shots fired, then heroes rise in Laguna Woods

LOS ANGELES — Behind the pulpit of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, Pastor Billy Chang was in his element.

Los Angeles Times · May 19, 2022

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Time running out on the ‘one opportunity’ for a climate bill

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2022

Taiwanese church shooting suspect mailed 7-volume diary to Chinese-language newspaper

LOS ANGELES — A man charged with fatally shooting one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods mailed seven volumes titled “Diary of an Independence-Destroying Angel” to the Los Angeles offices of the World Journal, the Chinese-language newspaper reported Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · May 18, 2022