A man accused of mass shootings at two locations in the Half Moon Bay area on Monday legally purchased the semi-automatic handgun allegedly used in the crimes, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.
Corpus held a press conference Tuesday with county District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe, who said potential charges against Chunli Zhao, 66, were still being determined and his arraignment would likely take place on Wednesday afternoon.
“We’ve never had one in this county with this many deaths,” Wagstaffe said. He said the case was at the beginning stage and would take months and perhaps years to conclude.
Officials on Tuesday provided updates on Monday’s deadly mass