HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco, and a suspect was in custody, officials said.
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San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine says four people were killed at the farm and three at the trucking business on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of San Francisco.
A suspect is now in custody in the Half Moon Bay shootings. Here's the intense moment it happened – caught on video by our @abc7newsbayarea camera pic.twitter.com/1ZGcLh8Byz
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) January 24, 2023
It wasn’t immediately clear how the locations were connected, though Pine said the suspect worked for one of the businesses. He called the suspect a “disgruntled worker.”
California state Sen. Josh Becker, who represents the area, said people were killed in separate shootings. San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa tweeted that one shooting happened at a mushroom farm.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office tweeted just before 5 p.m. that a suspect was in custody.
“There is no ongoing threat to the community at this time,” the sheriff’s office said.
Moments ago authorities taking a person into custody at location in Half Moon Bay where shootings occurred. A local lawmaker says 4 people are dead in the city. @KTVU pic.twitter.com/GEh5BWNPcq
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Television footage from the area showed officers taking a man into custody without incident.
Aerial television images also showed police officers collecting evidence from a farm with dozens of greenhouses.
The shooting followed the killing of 11 people late Saturday at a ballroom dance hall in Southern California.
“We are sickened by today’s tragedy in Half Moon Bay,” Dave Pine, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, said in a statement. “We have not even had time to grieve for those lost in the terrible shooting in Monterey Park. Gun violence must stop.”
Video from the scene shows a man believed to be a suspect in the fatal Half Moon Bay shootings being taken into custody. STORY: https://t.co/vLJqlpKCZL pic.twitter.com/wDEGd0n65y
— KRON4 News (@kron4news) January 24, 2023
UPDATE: Authorities continue to investigate a shooting incident in Half Moon Bay.
Here's what we know at this time: https://t.co/jQNIR3SNuY pic.twitter.com/FqEYMtnzTS
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) January 24, 2023
California causes crime. We must ban California immediately!
getting rough in atheist enjoy life liberal America where belief in God no longer influences peoples actions.
Crazy chinanan no longer going postal but going laundry
People in California deserve the kind of violence they voted for this same in nyc
The gunman, a Chaneizer in his 70’s, was identified as Fang Shoin un foon Unfang. He owned a Flied Lice factory.