Seven people have been killed in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco, and a suspect is in custody, officials said.
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine says four people were killed at the farm and three at the trucking business on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a city about 48 kilometres south of San Francisco.The police have arrested 67-year-old Chunli Zhao in connection with the shooting, Pine said.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office first received reports of a shooting just before 2:30 pm and found four people dead from gunshot wounds and a fifth injured person at the first scene. Shortly thereafter, officers found three more people dead from gunshot wounds at a second location about 8 kilometres away, Captain Eamonn Allen said in a news release.
“We’re still trying to understand exactly what happened and why, but it’s just incredibly, incredibly tragic,” said state Senator Josh Becker, who represents much of San Mateo County. Becker called the area “a very close-knit” agricultural community.Aerial television images also showed police officers collecting evidence from a farm with dozens of greenhouses.
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