{"id":24508,"date":"2023-01-24T03:26:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24508"},"modified":"2023-01-24T03:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:27:46","slug":"half-moon-bay-suspect-held-after-another-california-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/01\/24\/half-moon-bay-suspect-held-after-another-california-mass-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Moon Bay: Suspect held after another California mass shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US state of California is reeling from its second mass shooting in days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The attacks took place in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay. The victims were all Chinese-American farm workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Suspect Zhao Chunli, 67, was arrested after driving to a police station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It comes as the state mourns the death of 11 at Monterey Park – about six hours south east of Half Moon Bay – during Lunar New Year celebrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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California Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted that he was at a hospital meeting with victims of the earlier mass shooting when he was pulled away to be briefed about the second attack, describing it as “tragedy upon tragedy”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The latest bloodshed to hit the state took place at two farms around the Half Moon Bay community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Four victims of the shooting attack were discovered at a mushroom farm while the other three were later found at a nearby trucking business. An eighth victim is being treated in hospital and is in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A number of children who had recently been let out of school and lived on the rural property saw the attack take place, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This kind of shooting is horrific. It’s a tragedy we hear about far too often, but today it’s hit home here in San Mateo County,” the office said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“For children to witness this is unspeakable.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After carrying out the killings, the suspect drove to a local police station where his arrest was caught on camera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US news channels showed Zhao Chunli being pinned to the ground and arrested by police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was found with a semi-automatic pistol that may have been used in the attack, and was co-operating with police, Sheriff Corpus said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Zhao Chunli, seen in an undated driver’s licence photo (Image: Police Handout \/ CBS)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine told the Associated Press news agency that the attacks were committed by a “disgruntled worker”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We are sickened by today’s tragedy in Half Moon Bay,” Mr Pine said in a statement. “There are simply too many guns in this country and there has to be a change.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The attack in Half Moon Bay is the 37th mass shooting in just 24 days according to US not-for-profit Gun Violence Archive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They define a mass shooting as four or more people injured or killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Even as details of the deadly attack in Half Moon Bay were coming in, detectives in the south of the state were still hunting for a motive for the killings in Monterey Park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There, an elderly Asian immigrant murdered 11 people in a suburban dance hall, before killing himself as police closed in.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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