California authorities recognize 6 of the 7 victims, as United States reels from mass shootings and weapon violence ‘epidemic’.
The implicated shooter in a mass shooting that left 7 individuals dead at 2 northern California mushroom farms in the United States has actually been charged with 7 counts of murder and among tried murder.
Chunli Zhao, 66, was the only suspect in Monday’s shooting, which authorities referred to as “workplace violence”, in the town of Half Moon Bay near San Francisco.
The charges versus Zhao were revealed on Wednesday, hours prior to he was set to appear in court for the very first time.
The Half Moon Bay disaster was the 2nd significant mass shooting in California in 3 days. On Saturday, 11 individuals were fatally shot in the Los Angeles location town of Monterey Park amidst Lunar New Year events.
The San Mateo County coroner’s workplace determined 6 of the 7 victims in the Half Moon Bay shooting on Wednesday, and authorities stated there were some migrant employees amongst them.
The victims were: Zhishen Liu, 73, of San Francisco; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50, of Moss Beach, 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 home town was unidentified.
The seventh victim was “tentatively” recognized, however the name has actually been kept as authorities work to alert family members, the coroner’s workplace stated.
Servando Martinez Jimenez stated his bro Marciano Martinez Jimenez was a messenger and supervisor at one of the farms. He never ever pointed out Zhao or stated anything about issues with other employees.
“He was a great individual. He was respectful and friendly with everybody. He never ever had any issues with anybody. I do not comprehend why all this took place,” Martinez Jimenez informed the Associated Press news company.
Martinez Jimenez had actually resided in the United States for 28 years after showing up from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. His bro Servando stated he is dealing with the Mexican consulate to get his sibling’s body house.
Authorities state Zhao acted alone on Monday when he went into a mushroom farm where he operated in Half Moon Bay, shooting and eliminating 4 individuals and seriously injuring a 5th. He then drove to a neighboring farm where he had actually worked formerly and eliminated 3 more individuals, stated Eamonn Allen, a constable’s workplace representative.
The charges consist of extra elements that might lead to the death sentence or life in jail without parole, however Governor Gavin Newsom has actually released a time out on executions in California.
Those elements consist of that Zhao utilized a weapon, triggered fantastic physical injury, eliminated several individuals and had a previous felony conviction. No extra information were supplied on the previous felony.
The prominent massacres in California– 2 of the 40 mass shootings the not-for-profit Gun Violence Archive has actually taped in the United States given that the start of 2023– have actually restored calls to suppress weapon violence, as a number of Democrats promoted for more stringent weapon policies.
“We are just 25 days into 2023 and 1,230 individuals have actually passed away from weapon violence in the United States up until now,” Congressman Sean Casten, an Illinois Democrat, composed on Twitter. “69 of these deaths remained in mass shootings. This is inappropriate. It’s time for an #AssaultWeaponsBan NOW.”
Democrat Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, who represents a California district, likewise required action versus weapon violence.
“Today we observed a minute of silence for the victims of the Lunar New Year shooting in Monterey Park,” she stated in a social networks post. “But silence, ideas, and prayers will not revive the 11 lives lost or alleviate their households’ recovery. We require to act and lastly end the weapon violence epidemic.”
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