California shootings: 66-year-old immigrant farm worker charged with murders of 7 colleagues
A 66-year-old immigrant farm worker has been charged with the seven murders in a northern California shooting on Wednesday.
Redwood City,UPDATED: Jan 26, 2023 07:05 IST
By Reuters: An immigrant farm worker was formally charged with premeditated murder on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of seven co-workers near San Francisco, the state's second deadly gun rampage just two days apart that claimed a total of 18 lives.
Chunli Zhao, 66, 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-colored jail garb and enclosed behind a glass panel, was ordered held without bond during a brief hearing before a San Mateo County Superior Court judge. The pudgy defendant, with close-cropped gray hair, was expressionless through the hearing. He was assigned two private defense lawyers; no plea was entered.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/california-shootings-immigrant-farm-worker-charged-with-murders-of-colleagues-2326503-2023-01-26
