Half Moon Bay

Suspect Zhao Chunli, 67, in custody after two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.

Seven people were killed at two landscaping nurseries in Half Moon Bay, Calif., about 30 miles south of San Francisco. A suspect has been arrested, ...

The shooting comes less than 48 hours after a gunman killed 11 and wounded nine at a Chinese-owned ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, a majority Asian American suburb of Los Angeles. A semiautomatic handgun was found in his vehicle, authorities said. Law enforcement does not have a motive for the shooting.

An Asian suspect has been taken into custody. It is the second mass shooting in California in less than 48 hours. Read more at straitstimes.com.

it was in the afternoon when kids were out of school and for children to witnesses it is unspeakable,” she said. As more details become available, the President will be updated.” AFP There’s people that live at the location as well... “At the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting. Ms Corpus said Zhao then drove to a sheriff’s substation in Half Moon Bay where ABC7 crews were waiting for a news conference. Sheriff Christina Corpus said 67-year-old Chunli Zhao was arrested shortly after the carnage erupted in a dramatic takedown captured by local TV crews in the farming region of Half Moon Bay.

A San Mateo County sheriff deputy checks in FBI agents as they arrive at the scene of a shooting on Jan. 23, 2023 in Half Moon Bay, California. Justin Sullivan ...

Half Moon Bay Councilmember Debbie Ruddock said the victims are Chinese farmworkers. "It's a tragedy that we hear about far too often, but today it's hit home here in San Mateo County." after he was found in his vehicle in the parking lot of the sheriff's office substation in Half Moon Bay, the sheriff's office said. A semi-automatic handgun was found in his car. at a nursery along the 12700 block of San Mateo Road (Highway 92), the sheriff's office said. Another shooting victim was taken to Stanford Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

Police tape. Photo: Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images. At least seven people were killed in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and ...

[The Monterey Park shooting exposes a major problem with crime data](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/monterey-park-hate-crime-data-fbi-police) [The deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history](https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/deadliest-mass-shootings-modern-us-history) Gun violence must stop." "The weapon was located in his vehicle," she added. [a statement](https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/statements-todays-shooting-board-president-dave-pine-and-district-3-supervisor-ray-mueller). One victim was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, officials said.

At least four people were killed in one nursery and three at another, authorities said. Zhao Chunli, 67, was arrested in connection with the shootings.

Police arrested 67-year-old Zhao Chunli of Half Moon Bay shortly after 4 p.m. Four victims were found dead on San Mateo Road, and three more victims were later discovered at a second site in the 2100 block of Cabrillo Highway South, Corpus said during a news conference. Seven people were killed and one was critically injured in related shootings across two locations in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday, San Mateo Sheriff Christina Corpus said.

A gunman killed seven people before being arrested in California on Monday, just two days after a shooting claimed 11 lives at a popular dance hall. The latest attacks occurred at two separate locations in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay, ...

"It's a tragedy we hear about far too often, but today it's hit home here in San Mateo County." Gun violence must stop." "The scourge of gun violence has sadly hit home.

A suspect is in custody after a shooting incident with multiple victims in the city of Half Moon Bay, California, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said. “ ...

A semi-automatic handgun was found in his vehicle at that time, she said. Deputies were alerted to a shooting in unincorporated San Mateo County at 2:22 p.m. PT, the sheriff said. At 4:40 p.m., a sheriff’s deputy located the suspect in his vehicle in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation in Half Moon Bay, Corpus said, and he was taken into custody without incident. The suspect, a 67-year-old man who lives in Half Moon Bay, is in custody, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said at a news briefing Monday. [shootings in two locations in Half Moon Bay](https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/half-moon-bay-california-shooting-1-23-23/index.html), according to San Mateo County officials.

The police arrested a 67-year-old suspect, who the county sheriff said was “fully cooperating.”

A volunteer asked a police officer standing guard at the door what size diapers they needed. Sheriff Corpus said the police believed the suspect was a worker at the plant nursery where one of the attacks occurred. Sarah Prentice, 31, started crying while on her way to the center to drop off blankets. Video of the substation parking lot where the suspect was arrested shows three police officers pulling him from a maroon S.U.V. Lorena González Fletcher, president of the California Labor Federation, said that many farmworkers in the region were in a vulnerable position because they have low wages and are often on temporary work visas or are undocumented. The gunman drove from one site to the other, she said, and a semiautomatic handgun was found in his vehicle. The sheriff’s office said late Monday that it was working to identify the victims and notify their families. “The amount of stress that’s been on this community for weeks is really quite high.” The beaches are a popular surfing destination, and the inland mountains are home to one of the state’s oldest agricultural communities, which employs migrant workers. There were children on the scene at the incidents. The local authorities were working with the F.B.I. Eamonn Allen of the sheriff’s department.

Jill and I are praying for those killed and injured in the latest tragic shooting in Half Moon Bay, California. For the second time in recent.

Jill and I are praying for those killed and injured in the latest tragic shooting in Half Moon Bay, California. I once again urge both chambers of Congress to act quickly and deliver this Assault Weapons Ban to my desk, and take action to keep American communities, schools, workplaces, and homes safe. Yesterday, Senator Feinstein — alongside Senators Murphy, Blumenthal and others — reintroduced a federal Assault Weapons Ban and legislation that would raise the minimum purchase age for assault weapons to 21.

In Oakland, police said one person was killed and seven others injured in a “shooting between several individuals” on Monday night, with homicide investigators ...

The Oakland police statement said late Monday that the wounded victims there appeared to be in stable condition. Already, the group has counted 39 mass shootings in the United States in just the first month of 2023 — including the latest three in California. The carnage in Monterey Park shook a largely Asian community just as Lunar New Year celebrations were beginning.

A source tells ABC7 there are seven dead and one critically injured at Mountain Mushroom Farm and Concord Farms in HMB. ByABC7 News staff via ...

Following a briefing from my homeland security team, I have directed my administration to ensure local authorities and the broader Half Moon Bay community have the full support of the federal government in the wake of this heinous attack." "At the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting. "I continue to monitor the unfolding tragedy that has taken place in Half Moon Bay. "Half Moon Bay is a beloved and tight-knit community, and we all stand with them and the families of the victims during this dark hour." "I don't know how open this person is to talking and explain the 'why.' I am assuming there is some vendetta." Our hearts are with the victims, their families and the Chinese American community, from Half Moon Bay to Monterey Park. Our deepest sympathies are with the families and individuals who have been devastated by this horrendous act. They say the Sheriff's Office is the lead investigative agency at this time. So it was the afternoon, kids were out of school and for children to witness, this is unspeakable," said Sheriff Christina Corpus. She is another local resident who came to the shelter to help out the families. A lot of ranch workers and their families have been displaced since the farms where they work are now crime scenes. There were children on the scene at the incident.

Investigators on Tuesday were still trying to determine the motive behind a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay that left seven farmworkers dead and one ...

"Jill and I are praying for those killed and injured in the latest tragic shooting in Half Moon Bay, California. Following a briefing from my homeland security team, I have directed my administration to ensure local authorities and the broader Half Moon Bay community have the full support of the federal government in the wake of this heinous attack. For the second time in recent days, California communities are mourning the loss of loved ones in a senseless act of gun violence. "Yesterday, Senator Feinstein — alongside Senators Murphy, Blumenthal and others — reintroduced a federal Assault Weapons Ban and legislation that would raise the minimum purchase age for assault weapons to 21. President Joe Biden on Tuesday released a statement addressing the Half Moon Bay mass shooting, saying in part: "Jill and I are praying for those killed and injured in the latest tragic shooting in Half Moon Bay, California. in the parking lot of a San Mateo County sheriff's substation in Half Moon Bay after a deputy spotted his vehicle.

Two of the seven victims killed in the shootings in Half Moon Bay have been identified and authorities are working to notify the families.

“Here in San Mateo County, he wasn’t a red flag for us, nothing to put him on our radar,” she said. The weapon believed to have been used in the incident, a semiautomatic handgun, was found inside his car. Jail records showed the suspect was being held in San Mateo County’s Maguire Correctional Facility. Video from KGO-TV showed deputies taking a man to the ground in the parking lot. Police arrested the suspect, identified as Chunli Zhao, 67, after he was discovered in his car at the San Mateo County sheriff’s substation in Half Moon Bay at about 4:40 p.m. “All the evidence we have points to this being the instance of workplace violence.”

The US has already suffered at least 39 mass shootings this month -- more than any other start of the year on record.

“Our hearts are with the victims, their families and the Chinese American community – from Half Moon Bay to Monterey Park.” “This is something that we get to watch on the news. “Today, we are the news. “The only known connection between the victims and the suspect is that they may have been coworkers.” Both cases share ties to the Asian American community. [deadly flooding](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/weather/california-flooding-atmospheric-river-tuesday/index.html) that stretched across large swaths of the state. [ban assault weapons](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/politics/biden-assault-weapons-mass-shootings/index.html), he said in a statement, adding: “We know the scourge of gun violence across America requires stronger action.” “We do know is that some of the victims were Chinese, that the perpetrator was Chinese and that this was an agricultural community – they were agricultural workers,” Half Moon Bay Mayor Deborah Penrose said Tuesday. [Monday evening in Oakland](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/us/oakland-shooting-california/index.html). [in the Half Moon Bay area ](https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/half-moon-bay-california-shooting-1-24-23/index.html)near San Francisco; [people killed](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/us/iyw-how-to-help-monterey-park-shooting-victims/index.html) after a gunman opened fire [at a dance studio](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/us/monterey-park-california-mass-shooting-tuesday/index.html) in Monterey Park, near Los Angeles; [39 mass shootings](https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting) this month – more than [any other start of the year on record](http://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/us/monterey-park-california-mass-shooting-monday/index.html).

A 67-year-old resident of Half Moon Bay, a city outside San Francisco, is suspected in the shootings and is in custody. The Wall Street Journal reports it ...

The database tracks every mass killing — defined as four dead not including the offender — committed in the U.S. The new year has brought a shocking string of mass killings in the U.S. Identifying the average age of mass shooters in the U.S. ... Law enforcement sources also believe 72-year-old Huu Can Tran was having unspecified emotional problems that had been getting worse in the weeks before the shooting. The investigation into the Monterey Park mass shooting is focused on previous interactions the gunman had with the two dance studios he targeted and whether jealousy over a relationship was a motive, according to law enforcement sources. ... Inside, investigators found a .308 caliber rifle, items indicating he was manufacturing homemade firearm suppressors, “numerous electronic devices” including cell phones and computers, and unknown amount of .308 and 9mm caliber ammunition, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at news conference. The two latest shootings were notable for the age of the suspects, one in his late 60s, another in his early 70s. A statement on behalf of the city said that the shootings had shaken everyone there to the core. At least seven people were killed in a pair of related shootings that have rocked the beach-side community of Half Moon Bay, an act of violence that comes just two days after 11 people were killed in another mass shooting in Monterey Park. “This is a devastating tragedy for this community and the many families touched by this unspeakable act of violence.” The sheriff opened a family reunification center at IDES Hall at 735 Main St. The mayor of Half Moon Bay, where two related shootings left seven people dead on Monday, said her community was completely shocked by events of a kind it would never have expected in the coastal Californian city. California is still reeling from a mass shooting Saturday in Monterey Park, near Los Angeles.

The suspect in two shootings at Northern California farms that left seven dead was an employee at one of the locations, authorities said.

Seven people were killed Monday at plant nurseries near Half Moon Bay, 30 miles south of San Francisco, days after a rampage in Southern California.

[VICTIMS REMEMBERED: ] [Families remember those slain in Monterey Park mass shooting: 'Our biggest cheerleader,' the 'life of any party'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/23/monterey-park-california-shooting-victims-identified-list/11105457002/) [Where is Half Moon Bay?] [Half Moon Bay is a coastal community of about 12,000 people 30 miles south of San Francisco. [HORROR AND HEROISM: ] [In Monterey Park shooting, ballrooms became the scene of sudden horror, stunning heroism](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/24/monterey-park-shooting-my-nhan-huu-can-tran-brandon-tsay/11106243002/) [Biden offers prayers, pushes for gun control legislation] [President Joe Biden issued a statement saying he and wife Jill were praying for the victims. Some workers at one facility lived on the premises and children may have witnessed the shooting, Corpus said. She said it wasn’t immediately clear how the two locations were connected.] [Suspect in custody, 'no threat' to community] [A suspect, Chunli Zhao, 67, a resident of Half Moon Bay, was taken into custody "without incident" from his car in the parking lot of the Half Moon Bay Police Substation more than two hours after deputies arrived at the first shooting scene, Sheriff Christina Corpus said. [7 dead in two related incidents in California; suspect arrested](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/23/half-moon-bay-shooting-victims-authorities/11109329002/) [Victims were Chinese, Latino farmworkers] [The Sheriff’s Office first received reports of a shooting just before 2:30 p.m. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said four victims were found dead at the first shooting scene and a fifth person was transported to the Stanford Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

The Governor yesterday and on Sunday met with Monterey Park victims, their families, local officials and community members in the wake of the mass shooting ...

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Back-to-back mass shootings in California have claimed the lives of people who loved to dance at a studio in Monterey Park and farm workers in the coastal ...

"He came to buy cheese." And he said, 'Come sit down with us,'" Perez recounted. Tom's family said she died on Sunday after being taken to hospital in critical condition following the shooting, according to a statement seen by ABC News. We are left frustrated, stuck with this vicious cycle," the family said. "I was so happy. Taiwan's consulate in Los Angeles said two Taiwanese expatriates also were killed.

A man once sought a restraining order against Chunli Zhao, the suspect in the Half Moon Bay shooting, telling a judge he assaulted him and made death ...

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Sheriff's officials say 66-year-old Chunli Zhao opened fire on workers at two locations in Half Moon Bay Monday. NBC Bay Area's Investigative Unit reviewed.

The suspect was a full-time employee of California Terra Garden as of Monday, the day of the shooting. California Terra Garden says when they bought the location, a number of workers from Mountain Mushroom Farm started working for them, including Chunli Zhao. He said the two farms – California Terra Garden and Concord Farms – do not technically share workers, land or equipment, but some workers may be employed by both farms. The farm on San Mateo Road used to be owned by a different company called Mountain Mushroom Farm. The farm currently operates under the business California Terra Garden. The first series of shootings occurred at a farm in the 12000-block of San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay off of Highway 92.

The coastal town of about 11000 people tried to make sense of a deadly shooting that left seven people dead.

“We never thought it would happen in Half Moon Bay — a beautiful community, a coastal community — but it happened.” “We’ve been hit with just one emergency after the other,” she said. “It’s just so surreal that this happened in our little town,” she said. “Our little town made the map, not in a good way.” In Half Moon Bay, almost everyone knows one another, she said. “Half Moon Bay is as close to small-town America as we get in the Bay Area,” and feels far from hectic San Francisco and Silicon Valley just to the north, said State Assemblyman Marc Berman, whose district includes Half Moon Bay, in a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon.

Monday's attack was the latest in a rapid succession of mass killings to shake a nation weary of unending gun violence. Before authorities even identified the ...

At Fabbri Home and Garden, located in front of the mushroom farm, manager Oracio Ramirez, 47, said he was enjoying a day off when the shots rang out Monday. On Tuesday, a San Mateo County sheriff’s cruiser blocked the driveway leading to Mountain Mushroom Farm, the site of the first killings. Concord Farms is a family-owned mushroom farm that has operated at the Half Moon Bay location for nearly four decades. The address corresponds to a business called Concord Farms, and police said three people were killed at that location. The two men worked together at a restaurant in San Jose, the paper reported. The officers then pushed Zhao — who was wearing jeans, a vest and a baseball cap — to the ground and handcuffed him. Gun violence in the United States is “at completely unacceptable levels,” he said. He used a legally purchased semiautomatic handgun in the shooting, she said. President Biden on Tuesday offered prayers for those killed and wounded in the Half Moon Bay area and renewed his call for Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons. “We know the scourge of gun violence across America requires stronger action,” he said. A spokeswoman for McCarthy said he had ordered the flags at the U.S. One week before, six people were killed [in a “targeted massacre”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/17/visalia-goshen-california-baby-killed/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7) in Goshen, in California’s Central Valley.

The mayor of Half Moon Bay, where two related shootings left seven people dead on Monday, said her community was completely shocked by events of a kind it ...

We share in their pain and know that our community members are also keeping the victims and their families in their hearts,” Mayor Penrose added in the statement.\n\n“Now more than ever it’s important for the community to come together and be there for one another.” The mayor of Half Moon Bay, where two related shootings left seven people dead on Monday, said her community was completely shocked by events of a kind it would never have expected in the coastal Californian city.\n\n“My colleagues and I on the Half Moon Bay City Council are appalled and saddened at this terrible incident, which has completely shocked our community,” said Mayor Deborah Penrose.\n\nA statement on behalf of the city said that the shootings had shaken everyone there to the core.