ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) He was known by all as simply Dr. John, the quiet, calm physician who mentored kids in kung fu, finding time between patient appointments to encourage people to learn self-defense. So it was no surprise to friends and colleagues that John Cheng spent his final moments saving others by rushing a gunman who fired on a Southern California church luncheon of mostly older Taiwanese people, including Cheng’s recently widowed mother.
David Chou, the alleged shooting, sent seven thick photocopies of a diary in which he described himself as a destroying angel to a Chinese-language paper newspaper s LA offices.