January 23, 2023 Half Moon Bay mass shooting news

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One person was killed and seven others injured in a shooting Monday night in Oakland, California, police said — the third mass shooting in the state within three days.

What happened in Oakland: Officers were dispatched to the 5900 block of Macarthur Boulevard just after 6:00 p.m. to investigate an alert from a ShotSpotter, which is gunshot detection technology, the Oakland Police Department said in a statement.

When officers arrived at the scene they found “several casings” but no victims, the statement said. During the investigation, officers learned there had been a shooting between several individuals, police said.

Multiple hospitals then began alerting police they had received multiple patients suffering gunshot wounds who had self-transported to the facilities for treatment.

The seven injured people were in stable condition, police said. The deceased victim’s identity is being withheld pending family notification, they added.

Third mass shooting: Just hours earlier, about 40 miles southwest of Oakland, seven people were killed and one was critically wounded in shootings at two locations in Half Moon Bay, officials said. A 66-year-old suspect is in custody.

And in Southern California, 11 people were killed in a mass shooting Saturday night in Monterey Park.

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The owners of a Northern California mushroom farm where a gunman killed four people and wounded another before killing three more people at a nearby trucking facility said they were shaken by Monday’s deadly events.

In a statement to CNN, San Mateo County-based Concord Farms said with “no past knowledge with this gunman or his motives, we are shook and very eager to gain more information from the authorities and their investigations.”

Dave Pine, San Mateo Board of Supervisors president, told CNN the suspect has been apprehended and is a 66-year-old man who lives in Half Moon Bay.

The shootings Monday come just two days after at least 11 people were killed in a mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California.

Concord Farms said they are a family-owned mushroom farm who have been in their location for 37 years and thanked the support of the community in the wake of the shootings and swift actions of law enforcement.

“Our hearts are with the victims, their families and the Chinese American community — from Half Moon Bay to Monterey Park,” the statement said.

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Monterey Park Mayor Henry Lo speaks with CNN's Laura Coates on January 23, 2023.

Monterey Park is now on the “long road of recovery” after Saturday night’s mass shooting, a journey the Northern California city of Half Moon Bay will also begin after Monday, Mayor Henry Lo told CNN’s Laura Coates.  

“People are just in disbelief and shock, and are feeling very numb,” Lo said about the community in Monterey Park. He shared condolences to those in Half Moon Bay, and said watching their news conference felt like “an uncomfortable and eerie deja vu.”

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna also shared his condolences to Half Moon Bay on Twitter.

Citing the recent shootings in California — in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay — Gov. Gavin Newsom will no longer attend the National Governors Association (NGA) events scheduled for Tuesday.

Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom were scheduled to welcome New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy to Los Angeles County for roundtable discussions focused on youth mental health.

A San Mateo County sheriff deputy checks in FBI agents as they arrive at the scene in Half Moon Bay, California on January 23.

FBI agents are on scene of a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, a bureau spokesperson told CNN Monday evening.

They are assisting local law enforcement by providing investigative and forensic resources, the spokesperson said.

Christina Corpus speaks at a news conference in Half Moon Bay, California on January 24.

The suspect in the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, is “believed to be a worker” at one of the locations where people were shot, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said Monday.

Asked about what other information she could share about the suspect, she said:

Corpus added that law enforcement also believes “at this time” the semi-automatic weapon found when the suspect was detained in his vehicle was the only weapon involved in the shooting.

The suspect was identified as Chunli Zhao, a 66-year-old resident of Half Moon Bay.

A suspect is arrested by law enforcement personnel in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay on January 23.

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President Joe Biden was briefed on the shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted.

He was briefed by his Homeland Security Adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall.

Biden “has asked federal law enforcement to provide any necessary assistance to the local authorities,” Jean-Pierre said.

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US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has been briefed on the mass shooting in San Mateo County, said Dena Iverson, Garland’s spokesperson, in a statement.

Chunli Zhao, 67, was identified as the suspected gunman in the Half Moon Bay mass shooting in California.

The suspect has been identified as Chunli Zhao, according to San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus.

The spelling of the suspect’s name was provided to CNN by San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine. 

“Zhao was located in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Sheriff’s Office Half Moon Bay Police Substation by a sheriff’s deputy. Zhao was taken into custody without incident and a weapon was located in his vehicle. Zhao is believed to have acted alone,” according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

Zhao is currently in the custody of the San Mateo County Sheriff.

It is unknown when he will appear in court.

Christina Corpus speaks during a news briefing in Half Moon Bay, California on January 24.

A sheriff’s deputy located the suspect in his vehicle in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said at a news briefing, and he was taken into custody.

A semi-automatic handgun was found in his vehicle, she said.

The suspect in the mass shooting is believed to have acted alone and there is no further threat to the community, the sheriff said.

People embrace at the scene in Half Moon Bay, California on Monday, January 23.

Children were present at the time of a mass shooting Monday that left at least seven people dead, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said during a news conference.

Corpus said the shooting was spread across two locations, including one where children were present, she said.

Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez said many family members wanted information on possible victims. Police have not publicly identified any of the victims.

Jimenez said he hopes this will be an eye-opener about what happens in the Half Moon Bay community about gang violence and gun violence.

Anna Eshoo during a hearing, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

California Rep. Anna Eshoo told CNN’s Anderson Cooper during AC360 that the northern California mass shootings where seven people were killed took place in two locations, about two miles apart from each other.

The first location was at a mushroom farm where four people died, Eshoo described.

She said that three were in the same location on the property and the fourth person was in a different location on the farm.

The other location was about two miles away where three more were killed, Eshoo said.

Law enforcement personnel control the scene of a shooting in Half Moon Bay, California on Monday, January 23.

Deputies were alerted to a shooting in the unincorporated San Mateo County at 2:22 p.m. PT (5:22 p.m. ET), San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said during a news conference Monday night.

Upon arrival, deputies found four people dead with gunshot wounds. A fifth victim was taken to Stanford Medical Center and is in critical condition. Three additional victims were found later at a separate shooting scene, Corpus said.

At 4:40 p.m. PT (7:40 p.m. ET), Corpus says the suspected gunman — a 66-year-old man from Half Moon Bay — was taken into custody without incident. At that time, a handgun was found in his vehicle, Corpus said.

He acted alone and his motive is unknown, Corpus said.

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Authorities responding to a shooting incident with multiple victims in Half Moon Bay, California on January 23.

At least seven people are dead and at least one is critically injured after a shooting in Half Moon Bay, Dave Pine, San Mateo Board of Supervisors president told CNN. 

The suspect has been apprehended and is a 66-year-old man who lives in Half Moon Bay, Pine told CNN.

The shooting took place at a mushroom farm and the others were shot near a trucking facility, according to Pine.

The trucking facility is approximately 2 miles from the mushroom farm. 

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Gavin Newsom walks out of a shop in Monterey Park, California, on Monday, January 23.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was meeting with victims of the mass shooting in Monterey Park when he was pulled away to be briefed on the shooting in Half Moon Bay. 

Dave Pine, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, issued a statement Monday on behalf of the board:  

Ray Mueller, a board member who represents District 3, also released a statement: