Amid a state investigation into the working conditions of San Mateo County farms, where seven people were killed in a shooting this week, the farmworker charged in the massacre has said he had experienced “years of bullying” and long working hours before opening fire. In a jailhouse interview with NBC Bay Area, 66-year-old Chunli Zhao admitted to taking a semiautomatic handgun and shooting his co-workers on Monday. The alleged gunman also said he had been suffering from “some sort of mental illness” and was “not in his right mind” at the time of the shooting.
The suspect’s comments to the TV station were “consistent with what he told law enforcement,” according to San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen M. Wagstaffe. The alleged gunman also said he had planned to turn himself in to law enforcement when he drove to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and was writing a note in his car before he was taken into custody.
State officials have opened investigations into labor and workplace practices at the two sites of Monday’s fatal shootings, shedding light on the lives of California’s farmworkers who often live and work in dangerous conditions. The investigations come after Governor Gavin Newsom visited the beachside community on Tuesday, where he spoke with the victims’ families and co-workers about the deadly shooting and their workplace environment.
Without going into specifics, Newsom said some farmworkers were “living in shipping containers” and working for $9 an...
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