5 Chinese language residents killed in California capturing

BEIJING (Reuters) – 5 Chinese language residents had been among the many victims in a capturing within the California city of Half Moon Bay, the Chinese language Consulate Basic in San Francisco stated.

The Half Moon Bay capturing on Monday, wherein seven folks died, was the second of two gun rampages in California in current days wherein a complete of 18 folks had been killed.

“The Consulate Basic is in communication with the related U.S. authorities to comply with up on the progress of the investigation,” a spokesperson stated in a press release, including that the Consulate Basic strongly condemned the violence.

Chunli Zhao, a Chinese language citizen and 66-year-old immigrant farm employee, was the lone suspect within the bloodbath at two mushroom farms within the northern California seaside city.

He was formally offered with seven counts of homicide and a single rely of tried homicide throughout his first court docket look in close by Redwood Metropolis on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Enhancing by Robert Birsel)