Two sources with direct knowledge of what the Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect has been telling investigators paint a picture of methodical executions of coworkers the suspect had long held grudges against.
But what triggered the massacre Monday, authorities say, was a dispute Zhao had over paying a $100 bill for a farm equipment crash at Terra California Garden, formerly called Mountain Mushrooms. About a half hour before the shooting, sources say, Zhao complained to a supervising co-worker that he was not to blame for the earlier accident. Sources said Zhao claimed his co-worker intentionally ran into him with a bulldozer while Zhao was driving a forklift.
Zhao told investigators he followed and caught up with the supervisor outside a greenhouse, talking with the co-worker Zhao blamed for the accident. After confronting the boss again, who maintained Zhao had to pay the $100 bill, Zhao told investigators he walked away but waited nearby inside a greenhouse. It was then, sources say, he allegedly shot the co-worker from the accident and then the supervisor.
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