Chunli Zhao, 66, was booked on suspicion of seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
Chunli Zhao was identified as the alleged gunman in a pair of shootings that left seven people dead in Half Moon Bay on Monday.The 66-year-old Half Moon Bay farmworker arrested after seen of his co-workers were shot in a case ofis scheduled to appear for the first time Wednesday afternoon in a San Mateo County courtroom.
Authorities believe Zhao acted alone when he entered a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay, 30 miles south of San Francisco, and opened fire on Monday afternoon, killing four and leaving another seriously wounded, San Mateo County Sheriff’s officials said. Officials have not yet released the names of the five men and two women who died, nor the one man who was injured. Some were Asian and others were Hispanic, and some were migrant workers.
While sheriff's officials said the shooting was a place of workplace violence, a clear motive has not been spelled out, and not much is publicly known about Zhao.
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