The man accused of gunning down farm workers in Half Moon Bay has been charged with seven counts of murder.
The San Mateo County Coroner's Office has named six of the seven victims: Zhishen Liu, 73, of San Francisco; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50, of Moss Beach; Aixiang Zhang, 74, of San Francisco; Qizhong Cheng, 66, of Half Moon Bay; Jingzhi Lu, 64, of Half Moon Bay; and Yetao Bing, 43, whose hometown was listed as unknown.
Chunli Zhao being arrested Monday in the parking lot of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office as a suspect in the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay earlier in the day.Zhao, communicating through a Mandarin interpreter, confirmed his name and San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Susan Jakubowski appointed attorney Jonathan D. McDougall to represent him.Investigators have labeled the slayings as acts of “workplace violence,” with Zhao having worked with some of the victims.
NBC Bay Area cited police sources with direct knowledge of the investigation to report that Zhao had told investigators that he had been “disrespected” by co-workers in the years leading up to the shootings.
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