INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES RIGHT NOW. SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE STILL OUT HERE, MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE FIRST CALLED OUT. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VEHICLES IN THIS LOT HERE. WE ARE OFF STATE ROUTE 92 WHERE THE FIRST OF THE TWO DEADLY SHOOTINGS HAPPENED IN THIS COMMUNITY IS FEELING A LOT OF HURT TONIGHT HALF MOON BAY HAS A POPULATION OF ONLY ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE SO EVERYONE IS TRYING TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> THIS KIND OF SHOOTING IS HORRIFIC, IT IS A TRAGEDY WE HEAR ABOUT FAR TOO OFTEN BUT TODAY IT HAS HIT HOME. >> TONIGHT A COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH A TERRIBLE TRAGDY. AUTHORITIES SAY SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN HALF MOON BAY. THE SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS 67-YEAR-OLD HALF MOON BAY RESIDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED. SAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS JUST AFTER TWO P.M. FOUR PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT AND KILLED AT A NURSERY OFF OF STATE ROUTE 92 IN AN AREA WITH FARMS AND GREENHOUSES. A FIFTH PERSON WHO WAS ALSO SHOT THERE WAS TAKEN TO STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. A SHORT TIME LATER THREE MORE PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AT ANOTHER NURSERY DOWN THE ROAD. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BELIEVES ZHAO AS WELL AS THOSE KILLED WERE WORKERS. WE BELIEVE THAT. — >> WE DON’T HAVE THE EXACT CONNECTION, TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS 2 SEPARATE NURSERIES. WE ARE WORKING TO GATHER INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT THE CONNECTION WAS. THEY WERE ON SITE ON THE PROPERTY THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE WORKERS BUT WE CANNOT CONFIRM THAT RIGHT NOW. >> OFFICIALS WERE SEARCHING FOR ZHAO’S CAR WHEN DEPUTY FOUND IT, WITH ZHAO INSIDE, PARKED AT A SHERIFF’S SUBSTATION. VIEWER VIDEO SHOWS ZHAO BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. LOCAL LEADERS SAY FAMILIES LIVE ON THE FARMS WHERE THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED AND THEIR THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. >> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES TODAY AND OFFER MY SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES AND FARMWORKERS WHO WERE PRESENT TODAY DURING THE SHOOTINGS. >> MY HEART FIRST OFF HOW MUCH OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN TONIGHT, THERE WERE CHILDREN ON THE SCENE DURING THESE INCIDENTS >> AND AFTER DEALING WITH THE RECENT FLOODS THE SHERIFF IS CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE COMING TOGETHER, IN THE WAKE OF THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. >> THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER >> DETECTIVES BELIEVE ZHAO ACTED ALONE AND SAY THERE IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER. THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS INCLUDING WHY THIS HAPPENED. RIGHT NOW OFFICIALS DO NOT HAVE A MOTIVE. AND WE ARE ALSO WAITING TO LEARN THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED. BUT AGAIN JUST A DEVASTATING DAY FOR SO MANY HERE. REPORTING LIVE IN HALF MOON BAY ORKO MANNA, KCRA 3 NEWS. >> AND ORKO FAMILY MEMBERS STILL WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES. IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN DO RIGHT NOW? >> A FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SET UP AT THE IDES HALL ON MAIN STREET IN HALF MOON BAY. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S A PLACE WHERE LOVED ONES CAN GET INFORMATION AND JUST HAVE A PLACE TO GRIEVE AND GET SUPPORT. BACK TO YOU. >> A TER
Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday at agricultural businesses in a Northern California community, marking the state’s third mass killing in eight days, including an attack at a dance hall that killed 11 during Lunar New Year celebrations.Officers arrested a suspect in Monday’s shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.Four people were found dead and a fifth injured from gunshot wounds at a farm, and officers found three other people killed at another location several miles away, the Sheriff’s Office said. Officials believe Zhao is a worker at one of the facilities and that the victims were workers as well, Corpus said. Corpus said officials hadn’t determined a motive for the shooting.The new year has brought a shocking string of mass killings in the U.S. — six in less than three weeks, accounting for 39 deaths. Three have occurred in California since Jan. 16, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. The database tracks every mass killing — defined as four dead not including the offender — committed in the U.S. since 2006.Video above: Suspected Half Moon Bay gunman arrested by law enforcementThe killings occurred on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a city about 30 miles south of San Francisco.Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez said the victims included Chinese and Latino farmworkers. Some workers at one facility lived on the premises and children may have witnessed the shooting, she said. Corpus it wasn’t immediately clear how the two locations were connected.The Sheriff’s Office first received reports of a shooting just before 2:30 p.m. and found four people dead from gunshot wounds and a fifth person injured at the first scene. Shortly thereafter, officers found three more people dead from gunshot wounds at a second location nearby, Capt. Eamonn Allen said in a news release.About two hours after first responding, a sheriff’s deputy noticed the suspect, Zhao, in his car parked outside a sheriff’s substation in a strip mall and arrested him, recognizing the car by its license plate.A video of the arrest showed three officers approaching a parked car with drawn weapons. Zhao got out of the car, and the officers pulled him to the ground, put him in handcuffs, and led him away. A weapon was found in his vehicle, officials said. The video was captured by Kati McHugh, a Half Moon Bay resident who witnessed the arrest.The sheriff’s department believes Zhao acted alone.“We’re still trying to understand exactly what happened and why, but it’s just incredibly, incredibly tragic,” said state Sen. Josh Becker, who represents the area and called it “a very close-knit” agricultural community.Aerial television images showed police officers collecting evidence from a farm with dozens of greenhouses. Video above: Officials give update Monday night after deadly Northern California shootings Half Moon Bay is a small coastal city with agricultural roots, home to about 12,000 people. The city and surrounding San Mateo County area is known for producing flowers as well as vegetables like brussels sprouts. The county allows cannabis farming in certain areas.It’s a majority white community and about 5% of the population is Asian, according to Census data.“We are sickened by today’s tragedy in Half Moon Bay,” Pine said. “We have not even had time to grieve for those lost in the terrible shooting in Monterey Park. Gun violence must stop.”California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted that he was “at the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting. This time in Half Moon Bay. Tragedy upon tragedy.”
Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday at agricultural facilities in a California coastal community south of San Francisco, and a suspect was in custody, officials said.
Four people were found dead and a fifth injured from gunshot wounds at one location, and three others were found dead at another several miles away, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s office said.
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Details about the locations weren’t immediately clear. Sheriff Christina Corpus said they were nurseries.
The shootings occurred on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a city about 30 miles south of San Francisco.
Officers arrested 67-year-old Chunli Zhao in connection with the shooting, the sheriff’s office said.
Officials believe Zhao is a worker at one of the facilities and that the victims were workers as well. Some workers at one facility lived on the premises and children may have witnessed the shooting, Corpus said. The connection between the new facilities wasn’t clear.
Video above: Suspected Half Moon Bay gunman arrested by law enforcement
Corpus said officials hadn’t determined a motive for the shooting, though county Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine described the suspect as a “disgruntled worker.”
The shooting was the nation’s sixth mass shooting just 23 days into the new year and followed the killing of 11 people late Saturday at a ballroom dance hall in Southern California.
The Sheriff’s Office first received reports of a shooting just before 2:30 p.m. 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 nearby, Capt. Eamonn Allen said in a news release.
About two hours after first responding, a sheriff’s deputy found the suspect, Zhao, in his car at a sheriff’s station in Half Moon Bay. He was taken into custody and a weapon was found in his vehicle. The sheriff’s department believes he acted alone, Allen said.
“We’re still trying to understand exactly what happened and why, but it’s just incredibly, incredibly tragic,” said state Sen. Josh Becker, who represents the area and called it “a very close-knit” agricultural community.
Video above: Officials give update Monday night after deadly Northern California shootings
Aerial television images showed police officers collecting evidence from a farm with dozens of greenhouses.
Half Moon Bay is a small coastal city with agricultural roots now home to about 12,000 people. “We are sickened by today’s tragedy in Half Moon Bay,” Pine said. “We have not even had time to grieve for those lost in the terrible shooting in Monterey Park. Gun violence must stop.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted that he was “at the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting. This time in Half Moon Bay. Tragedy upon tragedy.”
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