The accused Half Moon Bay gunman told investigators that he had been “disrespected” by coworkers in the years leading up to Monday’s shootings, two police sources with direct knowledge of the investigation tell NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit. Eight workers were shot at two separate mushroom farms; seven died.
Chunli Zhao, 66, was arrested about two hours after the shooting as he sat in his parked car in the Half Moon Bay Sheriff’s substation lot. Those sources tell us they quickly recovered a Glock semiautomatic handgun, several rounds of ammo as well as a goodbye note Zhao wrote to his wife.
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