Chunli Zhao reportedly affirms suspected motives of longtime bullying and workplace strife in a jailhouse interview; the state announces investigations into work conditions at farms where shootings…
Cal/OSHA and the state Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Thursday that they have launched investigations “into potential labor and workplace safety and health violations for the worksites in Half Moon Bay where the mass shootings took place … to ensure that employees are being afforded all the protections of California labor laws.”
Zhao apparently voiced remorse for the killings and suggested that his undiagnosed mental illness may have been a factor, according to the TV report. He also stated that the legally obtained semi-automatic Ruger pistol that authorities say he used was bought in 2021. The report added that Zhao said he moved to the United States 11 years ago on a green card and that he and his wife, who both lived on the farm, have a 40-year-old daughter who lives in China.
Zhao was arrested about two hours after the shootings in the parking lot of the sheriff’s substation in Half Moon Bay where he surrendered and was taken to the ground by police officers in a scene captured on witness video. According to the TV report Thursday, Zhao said he drove immediately to the substation and sat in his car for nearly two hours after failing to find someone to surrender to. He later gave himself up after watching police surround his vehicle and cautiously approach.
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