SOMBER SUNDAY Hector Gomez (left) and Jordi Poblete, worship leaders at the Mariners Church Irvine, leave flowers outside the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, on Sunday, May 15, 2022 (May 16 in Manila) after a fatal shooting there. AP PHOTO
LOS ANGELES: A man who padlocked a church and opened fire on its Taiwanese-American congregation, killing one person and injuring five others, was motivated by hatred of the East Asian island and its people, United States investigators said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).