Suspect

2023 - 1 - 26

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Suspect in California's latest shooting rampage due in court (Reuters)

The man accused of shooting and killing seven farm workers near San Francisco in the latest of two back-to-back gun rampages in California that claimed 18 ...

Although his motive was a mystery, Tran was known to have been a longtime regular of the Star Ballroom. The suspect was described as a resident of Half Moon Bay, a community of about 12,000 residents known for its foggy weather, fishing, and agriculture. The court order is no longer in effect. But authorities said Zhao had been employed by one of the growers, Mushroom Mountain Farms, and early evidence indicated the bloodshed stemmed from a workplace grievance. Harris, a Democrat, who served as state attorney general and a U.S. Also on Wednesday, U.S.

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The Half Moon Bay shooting suspect is set to appear in court (WSIU)

66-year-old Chunli Zhao is being held on seven first-degree murder charges and one charge of attempted murder for the shootings at two farms in California.

Number one in gun deaths," he said. Number one in gun ownership. 66-year-old Chunli Zhao is being held on seven first-degree murder charges and one charge of attempted murder for the shootings at two farms in Half Moon Bay.

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Burglary suspect in Colleen Glen shot by house owner, limps away (News24)

A man was shot in his leg by a house owner after he allegedly broke into a house in Colleen Glen during the early hours of this morning, January 25.

"The complainant warned the suspect that he will alert the police, thereafter the complainant fired a warning shot. The suspect came towards the complainant and he fired another shot. They stopped and noticed that the man had a gunshot wound to the leg.

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Suspect in Half Moon Bay farm killings faces 7 murder counts (WOKV)

Erlin Ortiz and her sister, Miriam Ortiz, pack mushrooms at the farm where Zhao is accused of killing four people. They were sitting in their car after their ...

[killing of a teenage mother](https://apnews.com/article/crime-california-goshen-shootings-7211a6a632693ee5116517ee35944575), her baby and four others at a home in California's Central Valley on Jan. David Oates, a California Terra Garden spokesperson, said that he did not know how long Zhao worked there and that he was one of 35 employees who had stayed when ownership changed. Zhao is from China and has lived in the United States for at least a dozen years, Wagstaffe said. [six mass killings in the U.S.](https://apnews.com/article/crime-homicide-california-shootings-d93ba0560147cbbee3cff9c45fbbc523) in fewer than three weeks, accounting for 39 deaths. Half Moon Bay is a small, laid-back, coastal and agricultural city about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of San Francisco. “We saw him get on the forklift, and when he turned to see us, he was making fun of the situation.” He had legal paperwork to live in the country at one time and investigators were determining whether it was still valid, Wagstaffe said. Servando Martinez Jimenez said he is working with the Mexican consulate to get his brother’s body home. He then drove to a nearby farm where he worked previously and killed three more people, said Eamonn Allen, a sheriff’s spokesperson. The coroner's office named six of the victims: Zhishen Liu, 73, of San Francisco; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50, of Moss Beach, California; Aixiang Zhang, 74, of San Francisco; Qizhong Cheng, 66, of Half Moon Bay; Jingzhi Lu, 64, of Half Moon Bay; and Yetao Bing, 43, whose hometown was unknown. He was polite and friendly with everyone. It followed the killing of 11 people in the [Los Angeles area](https://apnews.com/article/politics-law-enforcement-los-angeles-california-shootings-024e51999209bfb311f4d2f71690be52) amid Lunar New Year celebrations Saturday.

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Half Moon Bay shooting suspect charged with 7 counts of murder ... (NBC News)

Prosecutors on Wednesday filed seven murder charges and one attempted murder charge against the man accused of gunning down farm workers Monday in the ...

The charges start with Qi Zhong Cheng, and end with Ai Xiang Zhang. NBC Bay Area cited police sources with direct knowledge of the investigation to report that Zhao had told investigators that he had been “disrespected” by co-workers in the years leading up to the shootings. The charges filed by DA Steve Wagstaffe against suspect Chunli Zhao, 66, did include the name of the seventh victim, Jose Romero Perez, and one charge of attempted murder in connection to the shooting of Pedro Romero Perez.

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Election Fever? Suspect arrested in Nigeria for smuggling body ... (Daily Maverick)

Military jackets and 'police' badges from SA were recently intercepted in Nigeria. A suspect was held for allegedly sneaking the items into that country.

presidential candidate affirms its position that the APC plans to unleash violence and disrupt the polls.” Military jackets and ‘police’ badges imported from South Africa were recently intercepted in Nigeria, and a suspect was detained for allegedly sneaking the items into that country. There were also items clearly labelled with the word “police”. It was not immediately clear what the seized military items were intended for. [fully democratic](https://dailypost.ng/2023/01/16/tinubu-apc-youth-leader-explains-jagaban-army-amid-outrage/)”, and issued a statement saying it was “peaceful”. But the APC’s youth wing was of the view that the “Jagaban Army” was “ Last week, the Daily Post reported that the People’s Democratic Party had condemned the establishment by the All Progressives Congress (APC) of a group known as the “Jagaban Army” for Bola Tinubu. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Customs Service said cartons of medication — “hard drugs”, given the high level of certain substances in the medication — imported from India and Pakistan were also intercepted (in a separate case) at roughly the same time as the military items. In a testimonial on the Durban company’s website, the private security boss said their company “has been purchasing personal protection security gadgets and equipment [from the Durban company] for several years”. Customs controller Sambo Dangaladima said the items were imported from South Africa and a suspect had been arrested “due to his inability to produce an end-user certificate, which is the lawful prerequisite for such importation”. [intercepted a consignment of “military hardware”](https://www.facebook.com/customsng/posts/pfbid02jVJgBt1CwPsxbMEybakTHs2VUjb2426Q63i1QVciQhKxtrNgYuz7THCXGCkb978Sl) consisting of: The arrest of a suspect accused of “illegally importing” military hardware from South Africa into Nigeria has highlighted the precarious security situation in the West African country ahead of an important election.

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JSO needs your help to identify Northside murder suspect (WOKV)

JSO says the murder took place on October 2 on Wilcox Street near James P. Small Park and the Jacksonville Public Housing building. JSO released a video of the ...

JSO released a video of the suspect leaving the area following the incident. Call 904-630-0500 or email [email protected] w/ info. JACKSONVILLE, Fla — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s help to identify a murder suspect that happened last year.

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California Half Moon Bay shooting suspect charged with 7 counts of ... (Fox News)

The suspect in a deadly mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, was charged with seven counts of murder, the local district attorney said.

[Zhao is from China](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration) and has lived in the United States for at least a dozen years, Wagstaffe said. He had legal paperwork to live in the country at one time and investigators are determining whether it is still valid, Wagstaffe said. 16, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. [HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA, DEADLY FARM SHOOTINGS: WHO IS SUSPECT CHUNLI ZHAO?](https://www.foxnews.com/us/half-moon-bay-california-deadly-farm-shootings-who-is-suspect-chunli-zhao) It would not have been Zhao’s first fit of workplace rage, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. About two hours after deputies responded to the two separate shooting scenes, authorities said Zhao was located at 4:40 p.m. The San Mateo County Coroner's Office has named six of the victims: Zhishen Liu, 73, of San Francisco; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50, of Moss Beach, California; Aixiang Zhang, 74, of San Francisco; Qizhong Cheng, 66, of Half Moon Bay; Jingzhi Lu, 64, of Half Moon Bay; and Yetao Bing, 43, whose hometown was unknown. He was polite and friendly with everyone. He then drove to a nearby farm where he worked previously and killed three more people, said Eamonn Allen, a sheriff’s spokesperson. He never mentioned Zhao or said anything about problems with other workers. Zhao was set to make his first court appearance Wednesday, but it was postponed until Feb. His attorneys did not immediately respond to Fox News Digitals request for comment.

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Half Moon Bay shooting suspect charged with murder as victims ... (The Washington Post)

Prosecutors charged a California agricultural worker with seven counts of murder following Monday's shooting rampage at two farms in the Half Moon Bay area.

Authorities arrested [67-year-old Zhao Chunli](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/24/half-moon-bay-suspect/?itid=lb_more-on-the-california-shootings_5) in connection with the Half Moon Bay shootings. In the Half Moon Bay shootings, authorities recovered a semiautomatic handgun from the vehicle the suspect was located in. A [weekend shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/23/monterey-park-shooting-what-happened/?itid=lb_more-on-the-california-shootings_2) left 11 people dead, and seven people were killed in related shootings at two locations around Half Moon Bay. Authorities have not released the victims’ identities in the Half Moon Bay shooting. The two men worked together at a restaurant in San Jose, the paper reported. Court records show that in 2013, Zhao was the subject of a temporary restraining order. A new survey by the UC Merced Community and Labor Center found that the median personal wage for California farmworkers is $21,915 a year. Oates said the employees are paid $16.50 an hour or more and are charged approximately $300 a month in rent. Newsom met with some of the workers who witnessed the shooting, he said, immigrants from China who spoke via a translator. He said the workers were living in shipping containers and earning $9 an hour, well below minimum wage. The seventh person killed, Jose Romero Perez, was identified in the document charging Zhao. Wagstaffe said that Zhao, a Chinese national who has lived in the United States for at least a decade, had targeted his victims but would not elaborate on his possible motive.

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Suspect shot on balcony of upmarket estate in Gqeberha (Algoa FM)

A suspect who tried to break into a house in an upmarket estate in Gqeberha has been shot in the leg. The incident happened shortly after midnight on ...

Janse van Rensburg says they noticed a man in a blue overall who was limping and noticed that he had been shot. Captain Janse van Rensburg says the man warned the suspect that he would call the police and fired a warning shot. Police Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the 60-year-old complainant woke up when he heard a noise coming from outside his window on the balcony.

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Half Moon Bay shooting suspect faces 7 counts of murder (Los Angeles Times)

Chunli Zhao, suspected of fatally shooting seven people in Half Moon Bay, has been charged with seven counts of murder, prosecutors said Wednesday.

As the sun set over Main Street in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, a few mourners began to light candles at a memorial in Mac Dutra Park. “This one is in a category that is way beyond anything we’ve ever dealt with,” Wagstaffe said of the shootings. Eleven people were fatally shot and nine others wounded at a Those affected have received financial assistance and accommodation at hotels, he said. Local authorities said they recognized him as a farm employee who had received food and other support from a nonprofit that assists farmworkers. But San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and Wagstaffe dismissed that theory. [Chunli Zhao](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-23/half-moon-bay-shooting-multiple-victims), 66, is accused of fatally shooting seven people and wounding another Monday in what authorities have characterized as a case of workplace violence. “I’m sorry that we have joined the list of counties around this country that have had to deal with this. Behind him sat a sprawling property of white greenhouse-like structures. Much remains unclear about the alleged gunman and his background. He underwent surgery but was stable as of Tuesday, authorities said. Zhao did not enter a plea when he appeared in court Wednesday.

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Suspect arrested for assault on Steytlerville farmer (Algoa FM)

A man who allegedly robbed and assaulted a farmer from Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape has been arrested. The 50-year-old suspect was spotted by alert ...

The farmer managed to alert the police and a family member who came to his assistance. She says they took a photograph of him and sent it to the farmer who positively identified his attacker, who was also wearing his belt. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says residents stopped the man and noticed that he had blood on his jeans.

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Spain church attacks: Suspect was facing deportation (BBC News)

A 25-year-old Moroccan is detained after a church caretaker is killed and a priest injured.

He had no criminal or terrorism-related convictions either in Spain or other allied countries and was not under surveillance. The authorities have said the suspect was due to be deported in June as he was in the country illegally. A man who allegedly killed a church caretaker and injured a priest in southern Spain had been facing deportation, the authorities say.

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Spanish authorities believe fatal machete attack suspect acted alone (CNN)

Spanish authorities believe the Moroccan suspect in a deadly machete attack at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras Wednesday acted alone in ...

The suspect has no prior criminal record in Spain, the ministry statement added. All of our support for the work being done by state security forces.” “The police investigation is going at a rapid pace.

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Spanish police raid home of suspect in machete attacks (Los Angeles Times)

Police in Spain raided the home of a man suspected in machete attacks at two churches that left one person dead and a priest seriously injured.

A fellow sacristan who served with Valencia at the church, Manolo González, recounted the events of his colleague’s slaying. A priest was wounded earlier at the Paris of San Isidro church. Candles and flowers adorned the two small whitewashed churches Thursday, as residents nervously passed police vans waiting in the street. The attacks have shaken the city near the southern tip of Spain, across a bay from Gibraltar. The suspect had been under a deportation order since June last year because of his unauthorized migrant status in Spain. The suspect is believed to have acted alone.

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Spain church attack suspect was 'flagged for deportation' (News24)

The man who is alleged to have stormed two Spanish churches with a machete, killing a verger and seriously wounding a priest, was slated for deportation but ...

the implementation was not immediate," he said. A police source told AFP the assailant was wearing a long robe at the time and had "shouted something". The verger, Diego Valencia, "managed to get out of the church, but was caught by the attacker outside and sustained mortal injuries," it said. The suspect, seen in police footage with a beard and wearing a black, white and grey hoodie, entered the church of San Isidro in Algeciras just after 19:00 "where, armed with a machete, he attacked the priest, leaving him seriously wounded," the interior ministry said. Speaking in Stockholm where he was meeting his European counterparts, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said it was not yet possible to say whether the incident was of a "terrorist nature". The suspect, who was identified by a police source as a 25-year-old Moroccan man, had "no prior criminal or terrorism convictions in Spain or allied countries" and was not under surveillance, an interior ministry spokesman said.

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Spain church attack: Suspect was due to be deported before killing ... (iNews)

The suspect allegedly climbed the altar of a church in Spain's southern city of Algeciras before attacking a priest. Police work next to the body of a man ...

The town hall declared a day of mourning when flags will fly at half-mast. “I wish the injured a swift recovery.” The parish priest for Nuestra Señora de La Palma, the Rev Juan José Marina, told Spanish media he thinks he was the attacker’s intended target. The Interior Ministry said the suspect was still being questioned, and had been under a deportation order since June last year. “If I had been here, I would be dead.” Manolo Gonzalez, another sexton at Nuestra Señora de La Palma, said he knew Mr Valencia.

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Spain: Police raid home of suspect in church machete attacks (Albuquerque Journal)

ALGECIRAS, Spain (AP) — Spanish police on Thursday raided the home of a young Moroccan man held over the machete attacks at two Catholic churches the ...

The order later shared on Twitter “the best news ever”: that the priest was “back with his community and in the care of his brothers.” “And there are other countries who have citizens who do.” The family of the slain sacristan gathered inside Nuestra Senora de La Palma to receive the condolences of minister Grande-Marlaska and concerned residents. “We cannot demonize any group,” César García said, according to Spanish news agency EFE. Vox’s leader, Santiago Abascal, linked the attack to his party’s platform of cracking down on unauthorized immigration. It is a thing of madness,” she added. The ministry said that the suspect had been under a deportation order since June last year because of his unauthorized migrant status in Spain. “If I had been here, I would be dead.” The Salesian religious order that the priest was affiliated with said on Thursday he was out of danger. He wasn’t “on the radar” of authorities for possible radical activity, Grande-Marlaska added. He then attacked a sacristan — tasked with preparing Mass — inside the church and chased him into a town square before killing him. The attacks have shaken the multicultural city located near the southern tip of Spain.

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Spain: Police raid home of suspect in church machete attacks (ABC News)

Spanish police have raided the home of a 25-year-old Moroccan man held over the machete attacks at two Catholic churches the previous day that left a church ...

The order later shared on Twitter “the best news ever”: that the priest was “back with his community and in the care of his brothers." The family of the slain sacristan gathered inside Nuestra Senora de La Palma to receive the condolences of minister Grande-Marlaska and concerned residents. “And there are other countries who have citizens who do.” It is a thing of madness,” she added. “We cannot demonize any group,” César García said, according to Spanish news agency EFE. The Salesian religious order that the priest was affiliated with said on Thursday he was out of danger. The ministry said that the suspect had been under a deportation order since June last year because of his unauthorized migrant status in Spain. “If I had been here, I would be dead.” He then attacked a sacristan — tasked with preparing Mass — inside the church and chased him into a town square before killing him. He wasn't “on the radar” of authorities for possible radical activity, Grande-Marlaska added. Juan José Marina, told Spanish media that he thinks he could have been an intended target. The attacks have shaken the multicultural city located near the southern tip of Spain.

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Spanish police raid home of suspect in church machete attacks (Euronews)

The attacks on two churches by a single assailant on Wednesday night have shaken the city near the southern tip of Spain across from a bay from Gibraltar.

The attacks have shaken the multicultural city located near the southern tip of Spain. The ministry said that the suspect had been under a deportation order since June last year because of his unauthorised migrant status in Spain. He wasn't “on the radar” of authorities for possible radical activity, Grande-Marlaska added.

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Suspect in Spanish church machete attack was due to be deported (CGTN)

Diego Valencia was killed after the assailant chased him out of the church, while a second clergyman at a nearby church is being treated for serious knife ...

Residents light candles near the church where the clergymen were attacked./ Cristina Quicler/AFP Police secure the area near the church where a man was killed./ Cristina Quicler/AFP Diego Valencia, a sacristan at the Nuestra Senora de La Palma church, was killed after the assailant chased him out of the church and attacked him in the busy square outside, police and church groups said.

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