The China Post
Date: September 20, 2017
By: The China Post

A lone gunman opened fire during a charity event held by a temple in New Taipei City

Nephew of former lawmaker seriously injured in shooting

Wednesday, killing one and injuring 5 including the temple’s chief and nephew of former lawmaker Lin Kuo-ching.

The former lawmaker, who was also at the scene, described the attack as an execution.

The shooting took place at around 1 p.m. in the city’s Tucheng District when the temple was handing out rice and food to the public. The suspected gunman, the 20-year-old Chen Chi-lun, fired multiple times at Lin Li-tseng, the ex-lawmaker’s nephew and the temple chief, from behind. According to the hospital that treated Lin, he was shot six times, including one in the back of his head from a short range. Lin lost all his vital signs when he was rushed to the hospital but his condition had stablized. A volunteer at the event, a sixty-year-old man named Lai Kuo-he, was hit by a bullet in the back and later died from his wounds.    [FULL  STORY]