Because he was mad at his wife apparently. The man who wounded several people at a Los Angeles Church festival has been identified as 33-year-old Fernando Diaz, Jr. whose wife was setting up a booth when the attack occurred. She was the apparent target and great father that he is Fernando brought along his kid to witness the bloodbath he had planned, which no doubt included murdering his child and killing himself after he finished off his wife. Thanks to some brave by-standers Fernando was stopped before he could kill anyone.

From Fox:

LOS ANGELES — Police identified the gunman responsible for shooting three people at a Los Angeles church festival as 33-year-old Fernando Diaz, Jr., FOX News confirmed on Sunday.

Diaz opened fire at the St. John Baptist de la Salle Roman Catholic parish shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday, wounding three people, before bystanders jumped in to restrain him.

The man’s 30-year-old wife, who was setting up a game booth at the time of the shooting, was the intended target, authorities told Fox’s Casey Stegall. She was injured and remains hospitalized in stable condition.

Police say Diaz now faces three counts of attempted murder.

Police say Diaz has a child who attends the church school and had an ongoing dispute with the mother. Police Capt. Steven Ruiz described the shooting Saturday as “an isolated incident, a domestic-violence dispute.”

Two other people were hurt, including a 45-year-old man who was shot in the chest and another man, 47, who was hit in the leg. Both men have been upgraded to stable condition.

Diaz showed up at the church with his child and a duffle bag shortly before the festival was to begin, investigators said. He then pulled a .22-caliber rifle from his bag and opened fire, witnesses told FOX News.

When Diaz stopped to reload his gun, bystanders tackled him to the ground and subdued him until police arrived on the scene.

“I just ran as fast as I could and tackled him,” said Charles Sternberg, who witnessed the shooting. “I put him on his back. Other parents came and we held him down until the LAPD arrived.

“They managed to overtake him and held him down,” Ruiz said. “I’m told that he was in the process of possibly reloading.”

It’s nice to see a story where the criminal is stopped in his tracks by quick thinking citizens. If more people acted when necessary criminals would think twice before pulling outrageous stunts like this. Let’s hope Diaz spends a long enough time in jail that his wife and child can move on and put that P.O.S. behind them.