inside the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles in a community largely made up of retirees and one that has a well-established Asian community.
The person who was killed was found inside the church by the authorities, she said.
The gunman, an Asian man in his 60s, fired inside the church while the members ate lunch after a morning service, Undersheriff Jeff Hallock of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said at a news conference.The authorities are interviewing more than 30 people who were inside the church during the shooting.Albany Lee, who presides over the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, which is housed on the campus of the Geneva Presbyterian Church, said that congregants told him that the gunman “was a new face.”.
Cynthia Conners, the mayor pro tem in Laguna Woods, said that she has been a member of the church since 2006 and had attended services on Sunday morning.