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At slightest 7 radical were killed successful 2 related shootings successful the beach-side assemblage of Half Moon Bay, an enactment of unit that comes conscionable 2 days aft 11 radical were killed successful different shooting successful Monterey Park.
The suspected shooter, a 67-year-old nonmigratory of the community, was arrested astir 2 hours aft the shootings, sitting successful a parked car astatine a sheriff’s substation.
Deputies with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office archetypal recovered 4 victims changeable to decease successful the 12700 artifact of Cabrillo Highway successful an unincorporated country of San Mateo County.
A 5th unfortunate was besides recovered successful the country and taken to Stanford Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, the Sheriff’s Office said successful a connection to The Times.
Minutes later, successful a adjacent area, deputies recovered 3 much victims dormant of evident gunshot wounds.
The motive for the shootings is inactive unknown, sheriff’s officials said successful a statement.
The suspected shooter was identified arsenic Zhao Chunli, aft helium was spotted sitting successful his car astatine the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office substation successful Half Moon Bay.
Video from ABC 7 showed deputies taking a antheral to the crushed successful the parking lot. The antheral was wearing a achromatic cap, vest and reddish long-sleeve garment underneath.
The limb believed to person been utilized successful the incidental was besides recovered wrong his car.
Half Moon Bay Mayor Deborah Penrose told The Times aggregate radical were killed.
“I’m precise atrocious for the families of the victims,” she said.
City officials were reaching retired to nonprofit organizations to supply assistance to the affected families, and much accusation volition beryllium provided aboriginal today, she said.
“There is nary ongoing menace to the assemblage astatine this time,” the Sheriff’s Office said successful a tweet.
The shootings travel conscionable 2 days aft 11 radical were killed in a wide shooting successful Monterey Park, shocking the assemblage successful 1 of the worst wide shooting incidents successful Los Angeles County.
On Twitter, Gov. Gavin Newsom noted helium was successful the infirmary gathering the victims of the Monterey Park shooting erstwhile helium was notified astir the shootings successful Half Moon Bay.
“Tragedy upon tragedy,” Newsom tweeted.
President Biden has besides been briefed connected the situation, and has asked national instrumentality enforcement officials to supply immoderate needed assistance to section instrumentality enforcement, according to a statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
“The scourge of weapon unit has sadly deed home,” San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine said successful a statement. “We person not adjacent had clip to grieve for those mislaid successful the unspeakable shooting successful Monterey Park. Gun unit indispensable stop. The State of California has among the strictest weapon laws successful the United States, which we person strengthened done section enactment here, but much indispensable beryllium done. The presumption quo cannot beryllium tolerated.”
Assemblyman Marc Berman noted the standard of unit to deed California: “Two hours agone I joined my colleagues connected the Capitol steps for a vigil for the victims of the shooting successful Monterey Park. Before we’ve adjacent had a accidental to mourn them, determination is yet different wide shooting — this clip successful Half Moon Bay. In my district,” helium said connected Twitter.
The probe into the Monterey Park wide shooting is focused connected the gunman’s erstwhile interactions astatine 2 creation studios helium targeted and whether jealousy implicit a narration was the motive, according to instrumentality enforcement sources.
The sources stressed that the probe was successful its aboriginal stages. But detectives judge that 72-year-old Huu Can Tran frequented the clubs — the Star Ballroom Dance Studio successful Monterey Park and the Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio successful Alhambra — and that the shooting mightiness person been sparked by a idiosyncratic dispute. Inside Tran’s location successful Hemet, investigators recovered a .308-caliber rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, physics devices, including cellphones and computers, and items that led officials to fishy helium was manufacturing firearm suppressors, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said astatine a quality league Monday.
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