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2023 Half Moon Bay shootings
Part of mass shootings in the United States
Location of Half Moon Bay within California
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Half Moon Bay shootings
LocationHalf Moon Bay, California, U.S.
DateJanuary 23, 2023 (2023-01-23)
c. 2:20 p.m. (PST)
Attack type
Mass shooting, workplace violence
WeaponSemi-automatic pistol
Deaths7
Injured1

On January 23, 2023, a spree killer opened fire at two nearby farms in Half Moon Bay, California, killing seven people and critically injuring an eighth person. A suspect, identified as 66-year-old resident Chunli Zhao, was taken into custody after he arrived in his SUV at the San Mateo County Sheriffs Department substation in the city. The suspect lived and worked at the first scene.

Shootings

At 2:22 pm PST, first responders were notified of a shooting at Mountain Mushroom Farm in Half Moon Bay. Upon arriving, they discovered four deceased individuals with gunshot wounds. A fifth victim who survived was transported to Stanford University Medical Center near Palo Alto, with life-threatening injuries. As responders were arriving at the scene, the gunman drove two miles away to Concord Farm in his maroon Lexus RX350, where he fatally shot three more people.[1] Several children were also present at both shooting scenes, but they were left unharmed.[2]

At approximately 4:40 pm PST, the suspect, who was identified as 66-year-old Chunli Zhao, a resident of the first farm, in Half Moon Bay,[3] was found in his vehicle in the parking lot of Half Moon Bay's San Mateo County Sheriffs Department substation at 557 Kelly Avenue.[4] Zhao was taken into custody without incident, and a weapon was located inside his vehicle.[2] Zhao worked at one of the farms, and the victims were his coworkers.[5][6]

Suspect

The suspect was identified as a 66-year-old local resident Chunli Zhao (born 1956), a longtime farm forklift driver and former restaurant worker, and a former resident of San Jose. Zhao had been a forklift driver at the Mountain Mushroom Farm beginning in December 2016.[7]

While living in San Jose in 2012, Zhao began working at a restaurant in Cupertino with his co-worker Yingjiu Wang, who also lived in the same apartment in San Jose. On March 12, 2013, Zhao tried to suffocate Wang by using a pillow. This occurred two days after Wang filed a restraining order against Zhao. Two days later on March 14, Zhao confronted Wang inside the apartment and told Wang that if he [Zhao] couldn't return to his job, it would be a bigger problem and he would use a kitchen knife to split Wang’s head.[8][9] Shortly after the incident, a judge from the Santa Clara County Superior Court ordered Zhao to stay outside a 300-yard radius of the apartment until July of the same year. Zhao never returned.

Reactions

In a press briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed that President Joe Biden had directed federal law enforcement to help local authorities during their investigations.[10] Governor of California Gavin Newsom was informed of the shooting while visiting the hospitalized victims of the Monterey Park shooting of less than 48 hours earlier, describing the two events in conjunction as "tragedy after tragedy."[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gaines, Tori (January 23, 2023). "Seven people dead, suspect identified in Half Moon Bay mass shooting". KRON4. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Rubin, April; Jiménez, Jesus (January 24, 2023). "7 Dead in Shooting in Half Moon Bay". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  3. ^ Amir Vera; Aditi Sangal; Adrienne Vogt; Leinz Vales; Elise Hammond; Maureen Chowdhury (January 24, 2023). "7 killed in shooting in Half Moon Bay, California". CNN.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "7 Dead, 1 Injured Following Separate Shootings in Half Moon Bay". NBC Bay Area. January 23, 2023. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "7 dead, 1 critically injured after shootings at 2 farms in Half Moon Bay; suspect in custody". ABC7 San Francisco. January 24, 2023. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Half Moon Bay: Seven dead in another California mass shooting". BBC. January 24, 2023. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect once tried to suffocate co-worker, court records allege". www.apnews.com. January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect once tried to suffocate co-worker, court records allege". www.sfchronicle.com. January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect once tried to suffocate co-worker, court records allege". www.nypost.com. January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "7 dead in mass shooting in California's Half Moon Bay; victims reportedly Chinese farmworkers". The Straits Times. Singapore. January 24, 2023. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  11. ^ ""Tragedy upon tragedy": Gov Newsom reacts to Half Moon Bay shootings that killed 7". CBS Sacramento. January 23, 2023. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  12. ^ Newsom, Gavin [@GavinNewsom] (January 24, 2023). "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" (Tweet). Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Twitter.
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