Seven shot useless in one other mass capturing in California

Seven folks have been killed in a mass capturing at two areas within the coastal northern California metropolis of Half Moon Bay on Monday.

The suspect was arrested after driving to a police parking zone, apparently trying to show himself in, officers mentioned.

The capturing in Half Moon Bay, about 50 km south of San Francisco, got here on the heels of one other mass capturing within the southern California metropolis of Monterey Park on Saturday that killed 11 folks. 

California Governor Gavin Newsom mentioned he was visiting Monterey Park victims within the hospital when he was referred to as away and knowledgeable of the capturing in Half Moon Bay, about 380 miles (610 km) to the north.

“Tragedy upon tragedy,” Newsom mentioned on Twitter.

The rural space was just lately pounded by a sequence of heavy rainstorms that triggered intensive injury, affecting immigrant laborers within the space, farm employee advocates mentioned. A sequence of atmospheric rivers within the three weeks following Christmas killed 20 folks statewide.

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus recognized the suspect as Chunli Zhao, 67, and mentioned he labored at one of many capturing areas. Corpus referred to as the websites nurseries, and different officers mentioned they had been staffed by farm employees. Local media described not less than one in every of them as a mushroom farm.

“There were farm workers affected tonight. There were children on the scene at the incidents. This is a truly heartbreaking tragedy in our community,” San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller advised reporters. “The amount of stress that’s been on this community for weeks is really quite high.”

The suspect was cooperating with investigators however a motive had but to be established, Corpus mentioned.

A semi-automatic handgun was present in his automobile, she mentioned.

Deputies responding to a name discovered 4 folks useless and a fifth sufferer with life-threatening wounds on the first location in Half Moon Bay, then discovered three extra useless at one other place close by, Corpus advised a news convention.

There had been 38 mass shootings within the United States within the first 21 days of the 12 months, in line with the Gun Violence Archive, which describes a mass capturing as 4 or extra folks shot or killed, not together with the shooter.