HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - San Mateo County 's district attorney is seeking the death penalty for Chunli Zhao, 68, the Half Moon Bay shooting suspect .

The deadly mass shooting was carried out on Jan. 23, 2023 at two mushroom farms. Seven farmworkers were killed by their coworker.

Last year, Zhao, who had turned himself in at a sheriff's department substation following the shooting, was indicted on seven counts of murder, special circumstances of multiple murder and one count of attempted murder in the shootings. The victims included Chinese and Latino farmworkers.

Stephen Wagstaffe, San Mateo County's D.A., argued for the death penalty in court on Tuesday. California currently has a moratorium on the death penalty that was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019.

The tragedy sh

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