One killed in temple shooting

REVENGE ATTACK?A 48-year-old temple master, who was distributing rice at a temple charity event, is thought to have been the target of a revenge attack by gangsters

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 21, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

One man was killed and another critically injured yesterday in a suspected gang-

Chen Chih-lun is escorted by New Taipei City Tucheng Precinct police officers after he gave himself up in connection with the shooting of six people in Tucheng District yesterday. Photo: CNA

related shooting at a temple charity event in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District (土城).

A 20-year-old male suspect named Chen Chih-lun (陳致綸) turned himself in at the Tucheng Police Precinct yesterday afternoon, police said.

Authorities said six people were sent to a local hospital.

Shun Tien Fu Temple (巡天府) temple master Lin Li-chang (林立昌), 48, and temple volunteer Lai Kuo-ho (賴國和), 60, were reportedly in a critical condition.

Lin was to undergo emergency surgery last night.

Lai died of his injuries at hospital.    [FULL  STORY]

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