On a Sunday in Orange County, a gunman believed in his 60s opened fire on a group of people at a church luncheon honoring a former pastor.
One person was killed, and five were hurt, with four of them critically injured at the Laguna Woods church where about 70 people were in attendance, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.
The shooting happened at 1:26 p.m. at Geneva Presbyterian Church, located at 24301 El Toro Road.
One woman told NBCLA her 92-year-old father was taken to the hospital.
"The Presbytery of Los Ranchos is deeply saddened by a fatal shooting that occurred at a lunch reception honoring a former pastor of the Taiwanese congregation that nests at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods," the Presbytery of Los Ranchos, an Anaheim church, said in a statement to NBCLA.
"Initial reports indicate that one person was killed, and several others were severely injured. Please keep the leadership of the Taiwanese congregation and Geneva in your prayers as they care for the those traumatized by this shooting. In your mercy, O Lord, we pray."
Laguna Woods, CA – May 15: A counselor attends to a grieving woman, center, outside the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods on Sunday, May 15, 2022 where one person died and four people were critically injured in a shooting. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
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LAGUNA WOODS, CALIFORNIA – MAY 15: Police investigate the scene of a shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church on May 15, 2022 in Laguna Woods, California. According to police, the shooting left one person dead, four critically wounded, and one with minor injuries. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Police officers guard after a shooting inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, on May 15, 2022. – One person was dead and four people were “critically” injured in a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement said Sunday, just one day after a gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in New York state. (Photo by RINGO CHIU / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)
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LAGUNA WOODS, CALIFORNIA – MAY 15: Police investigate the scene of a shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church on May 15, 2022 in Laguna Woods, California. According to police, the shooting left one person dead, four critically wounded, and one with minor injuries. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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ORANGE COUNTY, US – MAY 15: Police tape blocks off access to Geneva Presbyterian Church , after a shooting earlier in the day, in Laguna Woods, CA, USA., May 15, 2022. (Photo by Katie McTiernan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
