2023 Half Moon Bay shootings
| 2023 Half Moon Bay shootings | |
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Location of Half Moon Bay within California | |
Half Moon Bay, California 2km 1.2miles Sheriff's Office substation Concord Farms California Terra Garden (formerly Mountain Mushroom Farm) Half Moon Bay shootings | |
| Location | Half Moon Bay, California, U.S. |
| Date | January 23, 2023 c. 2:20 p.m. (PST) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, workplace violence, spree shooting |
| Weapon | Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Accused | Chunli Zhao |
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On January 23, 2023, a spree shooting occurred at two nearby farms in Half Moon Bay, California. Seven people were killed and an eighth person was critically injured. It was described as "workplace violence." The suspect, 66-year-old Chunli Zhao, was taken into custody after he parked outside the sheriff's substation downtown. He lived and worked at the first shooting scene, California Terra Garden – formerly Mountain Mushroom Farm – and had previously worked at the second shooting scene, Concord Farms.