America in shock: 7 killed in new California shooting

67-year-old suspect arrested but officials yet to determine motive of carnage

Agunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into mourning again in the wake of its third mass killing in eight days.

Officers arrested a suspect in Monday’s shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.

Seven people were found dead and an eighth injured at a farm and another location several miles away, the Sheriff’s Office said. Officials believe Zhao worked at one of the facilities and that the victims were workers as well, Corpus said. Officials haven’t determined a motive for the shooting.

California is still reeling from an attack on a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park that killed 11 and cast a shadow over an important holiday for many Asian-American communities. Authorities are still seeking a motive for the Saturday shooting.

“For the second time in recent days, California communities are mourning the loss of loved ones in a senseless act of gun violence,” President Joe Biden said yesterday morning. “Even as we await further details on these shootings, we know the scourge of gun violence across America requires stronger action.”

On January 16, a teenage mother and her baby were among six people killed in a shooting at a home in California’s Central Valley. —AP

For the second time in recent days, California communities are mourning the loss of loved ones in a senseless act of gun violence.”

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