The Chinese farm worker accused of shooting dead seven people and wounding another in the Half Moon Bay area of northern California will be arraigned in Redwood City Wednesday.
Chunli Zhao, 66, is believed to have acted alone in the shooting that occurred on Monday at a plant nursery and a mushroom farm in the area. 
Zhao is expected to appear in court at 1:30 pm local time at the Hall of Justice in Redwood City, San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said. 
He was taken into custody hours after the attack while parking his van in a Half Moon Bay police substation. Zhao is co-operating with the investigation.





Chunli Zhao, 66, is believed to have acted alone in the shooting that occurred on Monday at a plant nursery and a mushroom farm in the area





























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The charges that Zhao is facing have not been confirmed. His appearance in court comes a day after California Governor Gavin Newsom visited the area where the massacre occurred. 
The governor used his appearance in the town to call for gun control.  

















Half Moon Bay resident Elisabeth Olander, 68, is reduced to tears at the memorial to the victims of the massacre






Chunli Zhao is expected to face seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder






Officials are keeping Chunli Zhao's legal history quiet prior to his arraignment

Officials have not yet released the names of the five men and two women who died, nor the one man who was injured. Some were Asian and at least three were Mexican nationals. 
Servando Martinez Jimenez said his brother Marciano Martinez Jimenez, who was a delivery person and manager at one of the farms, was among those killed. Servando Martinez Jimenez said his brother never mentioned Zhao or said anything about problems with other workers.
'He was a good person. He was polite and friendly with everyone. He never had any problems with anyone. I don't understand why all this happened,' Martinez Jimenez said in Spanish outside his Half Moon Bay home.
Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50, had lived in the United States for 28 years after [url=https://www.business-opportunities.biz/?s=arriving]arriving from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Servando Martinez Jimenez said he is working with the Mexican consulate to get his brother's body home.
Half Moon Bay is a small, laid-back, coastal and agricultural city about 30 miles south of San Francisco. Its sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean make it a popular spot for hikers and tourists, who flock there to surf and for an annual giant pumpkin festival. 
The shooting occurred while  California was still reeling from an attack in Monterrey Park, just outside Los Angeles, that killed 11 and cast a shadow over celebrations of Lunar New Year, an important holiday for many Asian American communities. Authorities are still seeking a motive for the Saturday shooting.


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