Prosecutor: $100 Repair Bill Sparked Half Moon Bay Shooting

Prosecutor: $100 Repair Bill Sparked Half Moon Bay Shooting
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 at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms reportedly told investigators he was spurred to carry out the shootings after his supervisor demanded he pay $100 to repair a forklift damaged at work.

San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe confirmed to the Bay Area News Group Friday that Chunli Zhao was enraged by the equipment bill, saying that a co-worker was to blame for the collision between his forklift and the co-worker’s bulldozer.