Grand Jury Indicts Farmworker Charged in Northern California Mass Shootings

Chunli Zhao was charged last year in the Jan. 23, 2023, killings of seven people in Half Moon Bay.
Grand Jury Indicts Farmworker Charged in Northern California Mass Shootings
Chunli Zhao appears for his arraignment at San Mateo Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2023. Shae Hammond/Pool/Bay Area News Group via AP
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SAN FRANCISCO—A farmworker charged with killing seven people last year in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was indicted by a grand jury in an effort by prosecutors to move the case along, authorities said.

Chunli Zhao was in court Tuesday to be arraigned on seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, but his arraignment was continued until Feb. 29, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said in an email.