California shooting suspect David Chou mailed 7-volume diary to Chinese-language newspaper before attack
- Alleged gunman David Chou dubbed himself a ‘destroying angel’ in a voluminous diary sent to the World Journal newspaper
- Chou was charged with murder and attempted murder after opening fire at a Taiwanese church in Southern California
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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.
The newspaper said it had sent the documents to law enforcement and would not be printing their contents.
Maxwell Lin, a lawyer for the World Journal, confirmed that the newspaper received the documents Tuesday morning. The mailing label listed David Chou’s name as well as an address from his hometown of Las Vegas, he told The Los Angeles Times.
Lin said he doesn’t believe anyone with the paper has fully read through the documents – and that he hasn’t reviewed them either. He said he got the documents Wednesday morning and “am wondering what we do”.
Lin could not confirm that the information had been shared with law enforcement.