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Immigrant farm worker charged with 7 murders in northern California shooting

Immigrant farm worker charged with 7 murders in northern California shooting

JORGE GARCIA and STEVE GORMAN A 66-year-old immigrant farm worker was formally charged with premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of seven co-workers near San Francisco, the second of two gun rampages in California in recent days in which 18 people were killed. Chunli Zhao, a Chinese citizen and the lone suspect in Monday's massacre at two mushroom farms in the seaside town of Half Moon Bay, was formally presented with seven counts of murder and a single count of attempted murder during his first court appearance in nearby Redwood City. Zhao, wearing red-coloured jail garb and enclosed behind a…
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California reels from back-to-back shootings that killed 18 

California reels from back-to-back shootings that killed 18 

TIM REID AND ALEXANDRA ULMER A deadly rampage by a 67-year-old suspect in Northern California was likely an act of workplace violence, authorities said, offering fresh details about the second in back-to-back mass shootings that killed 18 people and horrified the nation. The two shootings within three days have left the state of California reeling as investigators worked to identify the 11 people killed on Saturday at a Los Angeles-area dance hall and the seven killed on Monday in the seaside town of Half Moon Bay near San Francisco. Authorities were trying to determine the motives for both shootings. Officials said preliminary evidence indicated…
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