Update: 7 dead in Half Moon Bay mass shooting; suspect in custody identified

HALF MOON BAY — Authorities in Half Moon Bay confirmed seven individuals had been killed and one was critically wounded in a mass capturing Monday afternoon, and a suspect is in custody after turning himself in to the San Mateo County Sheriff.

San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputies had been dispatched at 2:22 p.m. to the Magic Mushroom Farm at 12761 San Mateo Street/Freeway 92 in unincorporated San Mateo County on a report of a capturing with a number of victims.

Upon arrival, deputies situated 4 victims deceased with gunshot wounds. A fifth sufferer, additionally affected by gunshot wounds, was transported to Stanford Medical Heart with life-threatening accidents.  

Deputies then raced to second capturing scene — this one at a mushroom farm situated at 2125 Cabrillo Freeway S./Freeway 1. Three different deceased victims had been discovered there a short while later, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. 

Whereas it was not clear but how the 2 companies could be linked, the suspect was described as a disgruntled worker who labored at one of many farms. The victims had been all believed to be employees, authorities mentioned.

A view from above the mushroom farm confirmed deputies and legislation enforcement personnel gathered exterior one among many greenhouses on the web site. What seemed to be a physique below a yellow tarp was seen on the entrance to one of many greenhouses.

In the course of the police response to the capturing, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned a media staging could be situated at a substation at 537 Kelly Ave. At round 4:40 p.m., a person sporting a white baseball-style cap was seen being led away from the substation in handcuffs.  

Based on the sheriff’s workplace, the suspect within the shootings drove himself to the substation situated between the 2 companies and surrendered to deputies.

He was recognized as 67-year-old Zhao Chunli, a Half Moon Bay resident. The weapon used within the shootings was present in Chunli’s automobile, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. 

Authorities later confirmed they believed the weapon — a semiautomatic rifle — was the one weapon used within the capturing, however couldn’t affirm whether or not it was obtained legally  

“This type of capturing is horrific,” mentioned San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus at a press convention Monday night. “It is a tragedy we hear about far too typically, however at the moment it is hit residence right here in San Mateo County.”  

No motive has been announce within the lethal capturing. The incident comes solely two days after a mass capturing in Monterey Park after a Lunar New Yr Pageant Saturday evening that left 10 individuals useless and injured 10 extra individuals.

On Sunday, round 11 a.m., Torrance police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies surrounded a white van described as a automobile of curiosity at Hawthorne and Sepulveda Boulevards close to Del Amo Mall, about 30 miles south of Monterey Park. 

The sheriff’s division mentioned the suspect shot and killed himself contained in the van. Detectives discovered proof within the van, together with a gun, linking him to each areas. No additional suspects had been sought.

Investigators recognized the shooter as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran.  

On Monday, an eleventh individual died from “their intensive accidents,” in line with an announcement from LAC+USC Medical Heart.

Nestled alongside the Northern California shoreline, Half Moon Bay is a quiet agricultural bed room group most well-known for its annual pumpkin pageant and the Mavericks huge wave browsing competitors.

Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted concerning the newest mass capturing in California, saying he was visiting victims from the Monterey Park capturing within the hospital when he was pulled away and instructed about what occurred in Half Moon Bay.

“Tragedy upon tragedy,” the governor tweeted.

“This is a gigantic tragedy. When any of us consider Half Moon Bay, it is at all times a cheerful, nice thought. It is the house of the pumpkin pageant. It is the Mavericks browsing competitors. However at the moment it is homicide. Seven treasured lives misplaced,” Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) mentioned in an interview with CBS Information Bay Space. “We do not perceive why. We’re grateful the sheriff’s division has the suspect in custody. However that is the shattering of the lives of seven households and it is my understanding that one individual has been taken to Stanford Medical Heart for therapy and I perceive it is critical.”  

Eshoo additionally mentioned officers are bringing in Chinese language and Spanish interpreters to speak with the households of the victims in Half Moon Bay.  

“We’re sickened by at the moment’s tragedy in Half Moon Bay,” Dave Pine, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, mentioned in a press release. “We’ve got not even had time to grieve for these misplaced within the horrible capturing in Monterey Park. Gun violence should cease.”  

It is a breaking information replace. Extra info to be added as out there.