As the Half Moon Bay community mourns the seven people killed Monday in a mass shooting, the San Mateo District Attorney on Wednesday laid out charges against the suspect.
Suspected gunman Chunli Zhao, 66, was set to appear in a Redwood City courtroom Wednesday to face seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, with the special circumstance of multiple murders and a firearms enhancement on each charge, DA Stephen Wagstaffe said.
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus revealed Tuesday that Zhao allegedly used a semi-automatic weapon he owned legally. Sources told NBC Bay Area that Zhao knew the people he killed and he told investigators