Authorities: 1 killed, 5 hurt in California church shooting – East Idaho News

LAGUNA WOODS, California (AP) — One particular person was killed and 4 others critically wounded in a capturing Sunday afternoon at a Presbyterian church in a suburban Southern California neighborhood the place nearly all of residents are seniors, officers stated. A suspect was in custody.

The capturing was reported shortly earlier than 1:30 p.m. at Geneva Presbyterian Church within the metropolis of Laguna Woods, the Orange County Sheriff’s Division stated on Twitter.

A fifth injured particular person suffered minor accidents, officers stated. All of the victims have been adults.

Deputies detained a suspect and recovered a weapon on the scene, officers stated. Extra particulars have been anticipated from a sheriff’s division information convention scheduled for five p.m.

Federal brokers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been responding to the scene. The FBI was additionally sending brokers to the scene to help the sheriff.

Laguna Woods was constructed as a senior dwelling neighborhood and later grew to become a metropolis. Greater than 80% of residents within the metropolis of 18,000 individuals about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles are a minimum of 65.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s workplace stated on Twitter that he was carefully monitoring the state of affairs.

“Nobody ought to must worry going to their place of worship. Our ideas are with the victims, neighborhood, and all these impacted by this tragic occasion,” the tweet stated.

The incident occurred in an space with a cluster of homes of worship, together with Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist church buildings and a Jewish synagogue.

The capturing got here a day after an 18-year-old man shot and killed 10 individuals at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.