Police car. File photoWASHINGTON, May 16.Several parishioners of a church in California independently neutralized and detained the man who fired the shot even before the arrival of law enforcement officers, said Orange County Deputy Sheriff Jeff Hallock. Earlier, the sheriff's office reported that one person was killed and five more were injured as a result of the incident. Four victims received serious injuries. The shooter himself was not injured during the incident. «We believe that a group of parishioners detained him and tied his legs with an extension cable, confiscating at least two units (firearms — ed.) of weapons. He was detained when the sheriff's deputies arrived» Hellock said. The suspect is reportedly an Asian man in his 60s. Law enforcement officers confiscated two pistols from him. At the moment, the motives of the attacker are unknown, law enforcement officers do not exclude that the incident could be a hate crime. The sheriff's office is also gathering information regarding the shooter's possible ties to the church or its members. It is noted that most of the parishioners who were in the church at the time of the incident are of Taiwanese origin. racismSpecialists arrived at the scene to provide psychological assistance to parishioners. Over the past two days, two more incidents involving the use of firearms have occurred in the United States. On Sunday, a shootout broke out at a flea market in Texas, killing two people and three others were injured and are in critical condition. On Saturday, a man opened fire in Buffalo, New York, on the territory of a supermarket. The local Buffalo News reported that 10 people were killed, three more were injured, two of them are in critical condition. The attacker, an 18-year-old American detained on suspicion of shooting, was charged with first-degree murder, the article provides for life imprisonment. where 10 people were killed in a supermarket shooting
