tags: Timeline 2009, Attacks on Clergy, Churches,Korean suspect, Asian suspect
1 killed, 1 injured, suspect sentenced to life
Tuesday April 7, 2009 John Chong Shooting Spree At Korean Catholic Camp Location: Temecula California in Riverside County. 69 year old John Chong shot two persons in one RV camper, killing a woman, and fought with 2 in a 2nd RV who injured him. Chong was a friendly if distant volunteer handyman and welder at the Kkottongnae Retreat Camp which had just been purchased by the Congregation of the Sisters of Jesus, a Korean Roman Catholic Organization. Organization. Kkottongnae, which means "flower village" in Korean, is a Christian social service organization founded in Korea that works with orphans and the homeless. Police did not find any clear motive.
Unlikely alternative scenario: covert North Korean intelligence agency sponsored anti-Christian attack and assassination of Koreans and Catholic Christians.
- He attempted suicide twice in his life
- needs Korean interpeter
- campground was bought by a Korean Roman Catholic church.
- gunman is 69-year-old John Chong, a volunteer who lives at the Kkottongnae Retreat Camp
- A woman died at the scene, and a man was critically injured
- City of Temecula in Riverside County California
- Mental - "He's a very good man and a hard worker. I think he had personality conflicts with the victims. He was unhappy because he felt no one was chipping in and pulling their weight. I think every person has his breaking point. I cried when I heard it was him."
- 7 p.m. shot two people at 1st cabin with .32-caliber revolver (6 shots), he had extra ammunition in his pockets so he intended to kill more than 6 people.
- , Chong knocked on the Yuns’ door, was let in and sat down. He then told pulled out a handgun and told them they should repent, because he was about to shoot them to death.
- The couple prayed together as Chong lifted his gun and pointed it at Chunyi Yun. Her husband panicked, yelled and waved his arms, so the killer shot him in the chest, knocking him down
- Chong then turned the gun on the woman and shot her in the head. She died on the floor of her home, witnesses testified
- At 2nd cabin two people were able to attack and injure him
- Chong entered and stomping on his wife’s head.
- The husband was in his bedroom reading the Bible when he heard a clamor in the living room. He attacked Chong, wrestling the gun from his hands and beat him into submission with a dumbbell.
- Sentence to life March 2011
- unconfirmed early report he was targeting his wife
- Christian target
- Korean target
- no clear motive
loaded his .32-caliber revolver Tuesday night, left his home and began a rampage
sometime after 7 p.m. Tuesday, Chong, 69, walked 300 yards from his small house to a tidy bungalow belonging to Chuneui and Jong Pil Yun, both 58. Once there he shot Chuneui in the head, killing her instantly. His next bullet hit Jong Pil in the chest, leaving him gravely wounded. A pool of blood remained in the house Wednesday. Orange slices and a bowl of rice sat on the counter, uneaten.
cottage owned by Joseph and Juliana Kim with plans to shoot them as well, authorities said. But the Kims fought back ferociously with fists, furniture.. Schultze found a bloody green dumbbell she said the couple used to pummel Chong.
The battle started on the porch and carried on into the living room. The front door of the cottage was ripped from its hinges.
"The suspect had significant blunt-force trauma to the face and remains unconscious.""Joseph's wife ran to my trailer saying 'Help me! Help me!' " she said, standing just a few yards from the Kims' home. "She had the gun and I took it and put it in the bushes. Joseph looked beat up."
two shots were fired during the brawl and
. Kkottongnae, which means "flower village" in Korean, is a Christian social service organization founded in Korea that works with orphans and the homeless.
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http://temecula.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/john-suchan-chong-religious-retreat-camp-christian-ca228243c252
Chong denied that during the hearing and said he feels deep guilt for the murder. “It really breaks my heart to face the fact that I killed another person, and I pray and trust God will know that fact,” he said through a Korean interpreter.
The defense ask the judge to go easy on Chong for the sake of his age, his frail shape and his mental instability. “He’s 71 years old, he’s in bad mental and physical health,” said Renee Rupp, the killer’s attorney. He attempted suicide twice in his life, she added.
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Riverside County sheriff's Capt. Mitchell Alm says the gunman is 69-year-old John Chong, a volunteer who lives at the Kkottongnae Retreat Camp in Temecula.Chong allegedly opened fire inside Kkottongnae Retreat camp off Highway 79 in Temecula around 7 p.m., shooting two people inside an RV. A woman died at the scene, and a man was critically injured.Initial reports showed that Chong had targeted his wife, but that information has yet to be confirmed."We feel pretty confident right now we do not have an outstanding suspect," said Dennis Gutierrez from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.After the first shooting, Chong allegedly went to another RV unit, where he got into a fight with a two people, but they were able to attack and injure him.The man shot in the first RV and the two people in the second attack were taken to a local hospital. The gunman was also taken to a local hospital, where he is reportedly unconscious.
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