Monterey Park shooting: Kamala Harris to visit California after three mass shootings in three days
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to California on Wednesday after the state was rocked by three mass shootings in as many days.
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that she would be making the trip to mourn the victims.
“The vice president’s going to be going out. I’ve been talking with Gavin Newsom and Judy Chu and Anna Eshoo and Hilda Solis, and we’re working out a number of things that we can and are going to be doing,” he said at a meeting with Democratic leadership.
Ms Harris is expected to visit Monterey Park where gunman Huu Can Tran, 72, killed 11 in a mass shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Saturday night.
While the motive remains unclear, Hemet Police revealed that Tran visited the police department twice in early January claiming that his family had tried to poison him decades ago.
Less than 48 hours on from Saturday’s massacre, California was rocked by two more mass shootings on Monday – in Half Moon Bay and Oakland. At Half Moon Bay, a farm worker, 67, allegedly shot dead seven coworkers.
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Monterey shooter stockpiled ammo before attack
Monterey Park shooter thought his family tried to poison him, police say
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Seven killed by ‘disgruntled’ farm worker in mass shooting at Half Moon Bay
Teen killed and seven injured in Oakland – third California mass shooting in as many days
Monterey shooter stockpiled ammo before attack
Tuesday 24 January 2023 14:35 , Rachel Sharp
Monterey Park mass shooter Huu Can Tran, 72, had stockpiled hundreds of rounds of ammunition and was manufacturing gun silencers in the lead-up to Saturday’s shooting rampage, it has been revealed.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a press conference on Monday that a search of his home had uncovered a .308-caliber rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, electronic devices and evidence that led investigators to believe he was manufacturing firearm suppressors.
As well as the firearms and ammo found in his home, police found a Norinco handgun registered to the suspect in the van where he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The gun believed to have been used in the mass shooting – a 9-millimeter semi-automatic MAC-10 assault weapon – was found at Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra after a heroic 26-year-old wrestled the gun from the 72-year-old when he turned up to carry out a second attack.
Huu Can Tran is oldest mass shooter in decade
Tuesday 24 January 2023 15:00 , Rachel Sharp
Monterey Park gunman Huu Can Tran is the oldest mass shooter in more than a decade.
Typically, there is a trend for young men aged 18 to 21 to carry out mass shootings while those in their 40s tend to be behind workplace-related incidents.
“We see two clusters when it comes to mass shooters, people in their 40s who commit workplace type shootings, and a very big cluster of young people—18, 19, 20, 21—who seem to get caught up in the social contagion of killing,” Jillian Peterson, a criminal justice professor and co-founder of the Violence Project, told The New York Times.
Overall, the average age of mass shooters between 1966 and 2020 was around 33 years old, according to the Rockefeller Institute.
At 72, Tran bucks the trend. Meanwhile, Chunli Zhao, aged 67, was arrested on Monday for a mass shooting that left seven dead in Half Moon Bay.
Responding officers were some of youngest members of local police
Tuesday 24 January 2023 15:30 , Oliver O'Connell
The officers who responded to the shooting on Saturday night at the Star Dance Studio were among the youngest on the Monterey Park Police Department force and were faced with a horrifying scene while they tended to the wounded.
Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese commended them for their bravery, noting they were one of the department’s “youngest shifts”, NBC Los Angeles reports.
“My three young female police officers who had only been on the job less than a year,” Mr Wiese said at a press conference on Monday.
“They didn't think about what they were going to encounter. All they thought about was getting in there and helping the people that needed help.”
The chief acknowledged the toll that such an experience can take on officers and noted that it is his job to ensure they are OK.
“They are feeling it today, I've sat down with each one of them,” Mr Wiese said. “Officer wellness is a huge part of being a police officer. I need to make sure my officers are safe.”
“I love each one of them,” he added.
Chief Wiese has been in law enforcement since 1980 and was only sworn in as police chief two days before the shooting.
Suspect was ‘quiet little guy’ who distrusted those around him
Tuesday 24 January 2023 16:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Suspected gunman Huu Can Tran, 72, had been living in Hemet, Riverside County, most recently according to public records, but had a longstanding connection to the Monterey Park area.
Neighbours were “stunned” to learn of his involvement in the shooting, Fox 11 reports.
“Everyone around him thought he was just a quiet little guy,” said Pat Roth. “People I talk to are just stunned he was involved in this. Just kept to himself. We’d see him out [walking], but he pretty much lived alone.”
He “wasn’t someone I’d be afraid of”, said Roth.
A Los Angeles Times profile paints a picture of a lonely, embittered man.
The paper quotes a former tenant and friend as saying: “Two simple words that cover the whole thing. He’s a person of distrust. He distrusts people around him. Second word is hate. He hates people around him, especially if he thought someone was doing bad on him.
“He would say, ‘Someday I will get back at you, get even, get revenge.’”
The man added: “I think his life was so miserable and desperate that he chose that day to end his life and meanwhile he wanted to get people he didn’t like or hated to go with him.”
Sheriff reveals decades-old firearms charge
Tuesday 24 January 2023 16:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna revealed that Tran has been arrested in 1990 on an unlawful firearm possession charge.
A handgun found in the van in which Tran took his own life was registered to him and the weapon wrestled away from him at the second scene was a nine-millimetre caliber semi-automatic Mac-10 assault weapon.
Investigators recovered hundreds of rounds of .308-caliber and 9mm ammunition and silencers. According to Sheriff Luna, 42 shell casings were recovered inside the Star Dance Studio.
Mr Luna also said police uncovered evidence Tran was “manufacturing homemade firearm suppressors,” which muffle the sound of a weapon firing
The motive for the attack remains unknown.
Who were the victims of the Monterey Park dance studio shooter?
Tuesday 24 January 2023 17:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Authorities have begun to publicly identify the 11 victims killed and nine others injured. All victims were in their 50s, 60s and 70s.
Of the 10 victims pronounced dead in the immediate aftermath, there were five men and five women. The identity of the 11th victim was initially unclear but it is now reported to be a woman in her 70s, ABC News reports.
On Monday, four of the victims were identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office, while three others of those slain were named by people that knew them.
Read on:
Heartbroken families of Monterey shooting victims remember loved ones
Monterey Park gunman is oldest mass shooting suspect for 50 years
Tuesday 24 January 2023 17:20 , Oliver O'Connell
The 72-year-old gunman who killed 11 people at a Monterey Park dance studio on Saturday is the oldest mass shooter in more than five decades, according to a non-profit that tracks gun violence.
Huu Can Tran has been identified by authorities as the sole suspect in the shooting in the majority Asian American suburb of Los Angeles that critically wounded several other victims and brought terror to Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations.
James Densley, president and co-founder of the Violence Project, which tracks shootings involving four or more victims, told The Independent that Tran was the oldest mass shooting suspect on their database, which dates back to 1966.
Bevan Hurley has the details.
Monterey Park gunman is oldest mass shooting suspect for five decades
Newsom: ‘Second amendment becoming suicide pact'
Tuesday 24 January 2023 17:40 , Oliver O'Connell
California Governor Gavin Newsom is renewing his calls for stricter gun control following the mass shooting in Monterey Park and the subsequent shooting in Half Moon Bay two days later.
“Nothing about this is surprising. Everything about this is infuriating,” he told CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell on Monday. “The Second Amendment is becoming a suicide pact.”
Mr Newsom clarified that he has “no ideological opposition” against people who “responsibly” own guns and get background checks and training on how to use them.
But he told O'Donnell that current regulations are falling short.
Watch:
"This Second Amendment's becoming a suicide pact, it feels like," Gov. Gavin Newsom tells @NorahODonnell in Monterey Park. "California's 37% lower than the death rate of the rest of the nation, and yet, with all that evidence, no one on the other side seems to give a damn." pic.twitter.com/tSz7oawXtR
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 24, 2023
Why did it take five hours for Monterey Park police to warn that shooter was on the run?
Tuesday 24 January 2023 18:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Lost in the aftermath of the Monterey Park, California, ballroom dance hall shooting that left 11 people dead is an alarming fact: It took five hours for authorities to alert the public that the gunman was on the loose Saturday night.
Even after the 72-year-old shooter brought a submachine gun-style weapon into another nearby dance hall about a half-hour later, a potential attack thwarted by a hero who grabbed the weapon and chased the man away, it would be hours more before police held a news conference to announce the suspect was still at large.
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Monterey Park police waited five hours to warn that shooting suspect was on the run
California rocked by third mass shooting in three days as one killed and seven injured in Oakland
Tuesday 24 January 2023 18:20 , Oliver O'Connell
California was rocked by its third mass shooting in as many days on Monday evening as one victim was killed and seven others injured in a shooting rampage at a gas station in Oakland.
The shooting unfolded just after 6pm at a gas station along Seminary Avenue and Macarthur Blvd, according to the Oakland Police Department (OPD).
Law enforcement responded to the scene after being notified to a shooting through ShotSpotter activity.
The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has more:
California rocked by third mass shooting in days as 1 killed, 7 injured in Oakland
Three dead as gunman opens fire on Washington convenience store in yet another mass shooting
Tuesday 24 January 2023 18:40 , Oliver O'Connell
Three people were killed in a “random” Washington state convenience store shooting and the suspect remains on the loose in the latest in a string of US shootings.
Graeme Massie has the latest.
Three killed in another mass shooting in a Washington convenience store
Half Moon Bay shooting: What you need to know
Tuesday 24 January 2023 19:00 , Oliver O'Connell
California has now been left reeling from three mass shootings in as many days, after a “disgruntled” mushroom farm worker allegedly shot dead seven coworkers in a massacre in Half Moon Bay.
Chunli Zhao, who worked for decades at one of the two sites where the shooting unfolded, is accused of carrying out two separate shootings at two different agricultural businesses in the San Francisco area.
The suspect, 67, was arrested on Monday afternoon after he was spotted sitting in his car outside a local sheriff’s office.
Rachel Sharp reports.
Everything we know about Half Moon Bay mass shooting that left seven dead
Watch: White House comments on Half Moon Bay shooting
Tuesday 24 January 2023 19:15 , Oliver O'Connell
'The flags at the White House were already at half-mast in honor of those murdered in Monterey Park when we learned of the shooting at Half Moon Bay' — The White House reiterated on Tuesday that gun violence in the U.S. is an 'urgent' issue pic.twitter.com/oG5GcKE9dI
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 24, 2023
All of the deceased now identified
Tuesday 24 January 2023 19:32 , Oliver O'Connell
All of the deceased from Saturday’s shooting at the Star Dance Studio have now been identified, The Los Angeles Times reports.
My Nhan, 65; Lilian Li, 63; Xiujuan Yu, 57; Hong Jian, 62; Muoi Ung, 67; Valentino Alvero, 68; Yu Kao, 72; Chia Yau, 76; Wen Yu, 64; and Ming Ma, 72, all died at the scene.
Diana Tom, 70, passed away from her injuries in hospital.
Ms Li’s first name was originally misspelled by the coroner.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles confirmed two of the victims were Taiwanese Americans, and the Chinese Consulate in the city said one of its citizens was among the dead. Mr Alvero was Filipino-American, according to the Philippine Consulate.
Hero who disarmed Monterey Park shooter speaks out
Tuesday 24 January 2023 20:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The hero who disarmed California gunman Huu Can Tran before the alleged mass killer could embark on a second deadly shooting spree has spoken out.
Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment 26-year-old Brandon Tsay disarmed the shooter just minutes after the 72-year-old had shot dead 11 victims at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in nearby Monterey Park.
Graeme Massie reports.
Hero speaks out about disarming California shooter at second ballroom
Man died using his back to shelter dance partner from hail of bullets
Tuesday 24 January 2023 20:30 , Oliver O'Connell
A survivor of the Monterey Park shooting has spoken about how her life was saved by her dance partner who shielded her from bullets.
ABC News spoke with a woman who identified herself as “Shally” and recalled that her 62-year-old male friend protected her from the attack, losing his life in the process.
Read on:
Man died saving dance partner from hail of bullets in Monterey Park shooting
Monterey Park killer went to police claiming family tried to poison him decades ago
Tuesday 24 January 2023 21:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The Monterey Park gunman had told the police earlier this month that his family had tried to poison him decades ago, officials said.
Hemet police spokesperson Alan Reyes said in a statement on Monday that 72-year-old Huu Can Tran visited the Hemet Police Department lobby twice this month – on 7 January and then again on 9 January.
Maroosha Muzaffar reports.
Monterey Park killer thought his family tried to poison him decades ago
SWAT team surrounds Washington home after three killed in convenience store shooting
Tuesday 24 January 2023 22:00 , Oliver O'Connell
A SWAT team has surrounded a Washington state home after a gunman shot and killed three people in a “random” attack on a convenience store shooting in the latest in a string of US gun attacks.
Graeme Massie is tracking the story.
SWAT team surrounds Washington home after three killed in convenience store shooting
West Coast reels from gun violence ‘suicide pact’
Tuesday 24 January 2023 22:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Governor Gavin Newsom has branded the Second Amendment a ‘suicide pact’ as California’s reputation as a leading state for gun safety has been shattered by three mass shootings since Saturday night alone.
Graeme Massie reports for The Independent from Los Angeles.
Four days, three mass shootings: West Coast reels from gun violence ‘suicide pact’
Biden notes string of California shootings in meeting with congressional Democrats
Tuesday 24 January 2023 23:00 , Oliver O'Connell
President Joe Biden took a moment to acknowledge the spate of shootings across California in remarks ahead of a meeting with congressional Democrats today. He added that Vice President Kamala Harris is “going to be going out” and that he had spoken with various lawmakers from the state including Governor Gavin Newsom.
Following a string of shootings in CA, President Joe Biden says he's spoken with CA Governor Gavin Newsom, Hilda Solis, and Reps. Anna Eshoo and Judy Chu, adding Vice President Kamala Harris, who hails from the state, “is going to be going out." pic.twitter.com/ZaxVu8p41h
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) January 24, 2023
Watch Mr Biden’s remarks (at the 2:40 mark):
President Biden meets with Congressional Democratic Leaders: "All of us are focused on working together to get things done. There's a lot to discuss." pic.twitter.com/4bVUMql2xv
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 24, 2023
Memorial to victims grows ahead of vigil
00:00 , Oliver O'Connell
A growing memorial to the victims of the #MontereyPark mass shooting outside the Star Dance Studio. One card reads “Continue your last dance in heaven… You are all dance angels.” Vigil is also planned for 5:30 tonight at Monterey Park City Hall. @kcalnews pic.twitter.com/Q265Z1bxPF
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 24, 2023
Monterey Park shooter may have been building homemade silencers
01:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The Monterey Park mass killer was building homemade silencers for guns and had stockpiled ammunition, police have revealed.
The suspect, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, is accused of killing 11 people and injuring nine others in Monterey Park, California.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Monterey Park mass killer may have been building homemade silencers for guns
Man died using his back to shelter dance partner from hail of bullets
02:00 , Oliver O'Connell
A survivor of the Monterey Park shooting has spoken about how her life was saved by her dance partner who shielded her from bullets.
ABC News spoke with a woman who identified herself as “Shally” and recalled that her 62-year-old male friend protected her from the attack, losing his life in the process.
Read on:
Man died saving dance partner from hail of bullets in Monterey Park shooting
Monterey Park killer claimed his family tried to poison him decades ago
03:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The Monterey Park gunman had told the police earlier this month that his family had tried to poison him decades ago, officials said.
Hemet police spokesperson Alan Reyes said in a statement on Monday that 72-year-old Huu Can Tran visited the Hemet Police Department lobby twice this month – on 7 January and then again on 9 January.
Maroosha Muzaffar reports.
Monterey Park killer thought his family tried to poison him decades ago
Everything we know about Half Moon Bay shooting
04:00 , Oliver O'Connell
California has now been left reeling from three mass shootings in as many days, after a “disgruntled” mushroom farm worker allegedly shot dead seven coworkers in a massacre in Half Moon Bay.
Chunli Zhao, who worked for decades at one of the two sites where the shooting unfolded, is accused of carrying out two separate shootings at two different agricultural businesses in the San Francisco area.
Here’s what we know:
Everything we know about Half Moon Bay mass shooting that left seven dead
Monterey Park gunman is oldest mass shooting suspect for five decades
06:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The 72-year-old gunman who killed 11 people at a Monterey Park dance studio on Saturday is the oldest mass shooter in more than five decades, according to a non-profit that tracks gun violence.
Bevan Hurley has the story.
Monterey Park gunman is oldest mass shooting suspect for five decades
US begins 2023 with grim wave of mass killings
07:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Eleven people killed as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular with older Asian Americans. Seven Chinese and Latino farmworkers killed amid the serene beauty of California’s Half Moon Bay. A 17-year-old mother and her baby shot dead in an attack that killed six people across five generations of her family.
While all three of the rampages unfolded in recent days in California, people across the United States are reeling from the regular onslaught of mass killings in the first weeks of 2023.
A database of mass killings maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University shows 2023 off to a particularly deadly start, with 39 people slain in six events since 4 January, when a Utah man, investigated but never charged over a 2020 child abuse complaint, shot and killed his wife, her mother and their five children before killing himself.
Read on:
New year brings a grim wave of mass killings across America
Families share memories of Monterey Park shooting victims as all 11 are identified
09:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Families remember Monterey Park shooting victims as all 11 are identified
Half Moon Bay shooting: ‘Disgruntled’ mushroom farm worker arrested for killing seven
11:00 , Oliver O'Connell
A “disgruntled” mushroom farm worker, 67, has been arrested for killing seven coworkers in a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay – leaving California reeling from its third mass shooting in as many days.
Chunli Zhao, who worked for decades at one of the two sites where the shooting unfolded, was arrested on Monday afternoon after he was spotted sitting in his car outside a local sheriff’s office.
‘Disgruntled’ farm worker, 67, arrested for killing 7 in Half Moon Bay mass shooting
Monterey Park shooter may have been building homemade silencers
12:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The Monterey Park mass killer was building homemade silencers for guns and had stockpiled ammunition, police have revealed.
The suspect, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, is accused of killing 11 people and injuring nine others in Monterey Park, California.
Gustaf Kilander reports on the search.
Monterey Park mass killer may have been building homemade silencers for guns
Hero who disarmed Monterey Park shooter speaks out
13:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The hero who disarmed California gunman Huu Can Tran before the alleged mass killer could embark on a second deadly shooting spree has spoken out.
Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment 26-year-old Brandon Tsay disarmed the shooter just minutes after the 72-year-old had shot dead 11 victims at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in nearby Monterey Park.
Graeme Massie reports.
Hero speaks out about disarming California shooter at second ballroom
Kamala Harris to visit California today
13:30 , Rachel Sharp
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to California on Wednesday after the state was rocked by three mass shootings in as many days.
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that she would be making the trip to mourn the victims.
“The vice president’s going to be going out. I’ve been talking with Gavin Newsom and Judy Chu and Anna Eshoo and Hilda Solis, and we’re working out a number of things that we can and are going to be doing,” he said at a meeting with Democratic leadership.
Ms Harris is expected to visit Monterey Park where gunman Huu Can Tran, 72, killed 11 in a mass shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Saturday night.
Half Moon Bay accused shooter allegedly once tried to suffocate coworker
14:00 , Rachel Sharp
Less than 48 hours on from Saturday’s massacre, California was rocked by two more mass shootings on Monday – in Half Moon Bay and Oakland. At Half Moon Bay, Chunli Zhao, 67, allegedly shot dead seven coworkers across two farms.
It has now emerged that Mr Zhao, a farm worker at one of the farms, was accused of trying to suffocate a co-worker years before the massacre.
Court documents from 2013, obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, claim that Mr Zhao allegedly threatened his roommate Jingjiu Wang and tried to suffocate him with a pillow.
The suspect was allegedly angry that Mr Wang – who he worked with at a restaurant – hadn’t paid him for his job he had just quit.
Mr Wang said it took “all my might” to fight off the alleged attacker.
Days later, Mr Wang claimed Mr Zhao threatened him with a knife.
Three days, three mass shootings, 19 dead: California reels from gun violence ‘suicide pact’
14:30 , Rachel Sharp
It is a wave of shocking gun violence that has seen more than two dozen people on the West Coast killed in a string of shootings over the last four days.
California’s reputation as a leading state for gun safety has been shattered by three mass shootings that left 19 dead since Saturday night alone.
The state, which the CDC says has the 44th lowest gun death rate in the country, is reeling from the shootings in Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay and Oakland.
Here is everything we know so far about the shootings that have devastated communities across the region in the past few days:
Three days, three mass shootings: West Coast reels from gun violence ‘suicide pact’
Families of Monterey shooting victims remember loved ones
15:00 , Rachel Sharp
The US has been rocked by the deadliest mass shooting since 21 small children and teachers were killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022.
Eleven victims were killed and another nine wounded when a gunman opened fire inside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday night, shortly after thousands of members of the Asian American community had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations in the city outside Los Angeles.
Ten of the victims – five men and five women – were pronounced dead on Saturday while the eleventh victim succumbed to their injuries on Monday.
Here’s what we know about the victims:
Families remember Monterey Park shooting victims as all 11 are identified
Kamala Harris tweets about visit to Monterey Park
15:30 , Rachel Sharp
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to California on Wednesday after the state was rocked by three mass shootings in as many days, she confirmed on Twitter on Tuesday.
“As we grieve Saturday’s mass shooting in California, we already face two more this week alone in Half Moon Bay and Oakland,” she tweeted.
“Tomorrow I will visit Monterey Park to stand and mourn with the community. Doug and I continue to pray for healing and recovery for all those impacted.”
As we grieve Saturday's mass shooting in California, we already face two more this week alone in Half Moon Bay and Oakland.
Tomorrow I will visit Monterey Park to stand and mourn with the community. Doug and I continue to pray for healing and recovery for all those impacted.— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) January 24, 2023
Monterey Park gunman is oldest mass shooter in decades
16:00 , Rachel Sharp
The 72-year-old gunman who killed 11 people at a Monterey Park dance studio on Saturday is the oldest mass shooter in more than five decades, according to a non-profit that tracks gun violence.
Huu Can Tran has been identified by authorities as the sole suspect in the shooting in the majority Asian American suburb of Los Angeles that critically wounded several other victims and brought terror to Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations.
James Densley, president and co-founder of the Violence Project, which tracks shootings involving four or more victims, told The Independent that Tran was the oldest mass shooting suspect on their database, which dates back to 1966.
Only two other mass shootings in recent memory were carried out by men in their 70s.
Read more here:
Monterey Park gunman is oldest mass shooting suspect for five decades
Half Moon Bay shooting suspect to appear in court on Wednesday
16:30 , Rachel Sharp
Half Moon Bay shooting suspect Chunli Zhao is expected to appear in court on Wednesday afternoon.
The 67-year-old farm worker is accused of shooting dead seven coworkers at two farms in the San Francisco area on Monday afternoon.
He was booked on charges of seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder hours after the massacre.
His arraignment has been scheduled for 1.30pm local time in San Mateo County.
