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The Half Moon Bay shooting was prompted by a $100 repair bill, local prosecutor says
FBI officers stroll in direction of the crime scene at Mountain Mushroom Farm, on Jan. 24, 2023, after a gunman killed a number of individuals at two agricultural companies in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
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FBI officers stroll in direction of the crime scene at Mountain Mushroom Farm, on Jan. 24, 2023, after a gunman killed a number of individuals at two agricultural companies in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Aaron Kehoe/AP
SAN FRANCISCO — A farmworker charged with killing seven individuals at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms reportedly instructed investigators he was spurred to hold out the shootings after his supervisor demanded he pay $100 to restore a forklift broken at work.
San Mateo County District Legal professional Steve Wagstaffe confirmed to the Bay Space Information Group Friday that Chunli Zhao was enraged by the tools invoice, saying {that a} co-worker was accountable for the collision between his forklift and the co-worker’s bulldozer.
KNTV-TV, the NBC affiliate within the San Francisco Bay Space, was first to report the event.
Authorities say Zhao, 66, shot and killed 4 employees and wounded a fifth worker Monday at California Terra Backyard. He then went to close by Harmony Farms, the place he had labored beforehand, and fatally shot three former co-workers.
Zhao instructed KNTV-TV in a courthouse interview Thursday that he dedicated the shootings. He stated he was bullied and labored lengthy hours on the farms and his complaints had been ignored, the station reported.
On Monday, Zhao vented to his supervisor in regards to the invoice, however the supervisor insisted he wanted to pay. Zhao then allegedly shot the supervisor and the co-worker, the information shops reported.
Talking in Mandarin, Zhao instructed the tv station from a county jail in Redwood Metropolis that he has been within the U.S. for 11 years and has a inexperienced card. He stated he has a 40-year-old daughter in China and lived together with his spouse in Half Moon Bay.
The coroner’s workplace has named six of the victims: Zhishen Liu, 73, of San Francisco; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50, of Moss Seaside, California; Aixiang Zhang, 74, of San Francisco; Qizhong Cheng, 66, of Half Moon Bay; Jingzhi Lu, 64, of Half Moon Bay; and Yetao Bing, 43, whose hometown was unknown.
The charging paperwork recognized Jose Romero Perez as the opposite particular person killed and Pedro Romero Perez because the eighth sufferer, who survived.