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Workers at Half Moon Bay farm describe trauma from shooting

Farmworkers at two mushrooms farms in California's Half Moon Bay are back at work barely a week after seven of their colleagues were shot and killed

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2023

Farmworkers back at work after Half Moon Bay shootings, and advocates voice concern

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Less than a week after seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, agricultural workers returned to work at the sites where their colleagues and neighbors were gunned down.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 2, 2023

‘The final straw’: Dispute over $100 repair bill may have sparked Half Moon Bay shootings

LOS ANGELES — The suspected gunman accused of killing seven people last week at two farms in Half Moon Bay told investigators a dispute with his supervisor over a bill for machinery repair sparked the massacre, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

Half Moon Bay shooting suspect could face death penalty on seven counts of murder

Prosecutors say they will charge a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Suspect in shootings at Half Moon Bay farms was employee

Chunli Zhao, 66, was arrested on suspicion of seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

Irish Mirror · Jan 25, 2023