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Suspect in Half Moon Bay farm killings faces 7 murder counts

A group of people pay their respects at a growing memorial for victims of Monday's mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Several memorials have been left in town and at the sites where the farmworkers were killed. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Candy Lopez steps back to say a prayer after placing a candle at a memorial for victims of Monday's mass shooting, backdropped by a mural of farmworkers on Cunha's Country Store, in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) A woman stands at a growing memorial for victims of Monday's mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Several memorials have been left in town and at the sites where the farmworkers were killed. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Elyane Stefanick holds her daughter Amara, 7, at a growing memorial for victims of Monday's mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Several memorials have been left in town and at the sites where the farmworkers were killed. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Defense attorney Jonathan McDougall, right, and Eric Hove, left, stand in front of Chunli Zhao as he appears for his arraignmentat San Mateo Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Zhao, 66, made his first court appearance. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group via AP, Pool) Steve Wagstaffe, the San Mateo County district attorney, addresses the media outside the Hall of Justice following the arraignment of Chunli Zhao, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Redwood City, Calif. Zhao is the suspect in the slaying of seven people in Half Moon Bay on Monday. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Steve Wagstaffe, the San Mateo County district attorney, addresses the media outside the Hall of Justice following the arraignment of Chunli Zhao, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Redwood City, Calif. Zhao is the suspect in the slaying of seven people in Half Moon Bay on Monday. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Steve Wagstaffe, the San Mateo County district attorney, addresses the media outside the Hall of Justice following the arraignment of Chunli Zhao, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Redwood City, Calif. Zhao is the suspect in the slaying of seven people in Half Moon Bay on Monday. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Steve Wagstaffe, the San Mateo County district attorney, addresses the media outside the Hall of Justice following the arraignment of Chunli Zhao, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Redwood City, Calif. Zhao is the suspect in the slaying of seven people in Half Moon Bay on Monday. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Chunli Zhao appears for his arraignment at San Mateo Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Zhao, 66, made his first court appearance. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group via AP, Pool) Chunli Zhao appears for his arraignment at San Mateo Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Zhao, 66, made his first court appearance. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group via AP, Pool) Chunli Zhao appears for his arraignment at San Mateo Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Zhao, 66, made his first court appearance. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group via AP, Pool) San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe speaks with reporters following Chunli Zhao's arraignment in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, 66, faces seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder for shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe speaks with reporters following Chunli Zhao's arraignment in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, 66, faces seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder for shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe leaves the San Mateo Hall of Justice following Chunli Zhao's arraignment in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, 66, faces seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder for shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe fields questions following Chunli Zhao's arraignment in Redwood City, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Zhao, 66, faces seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder for shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) A note is seen at a makeshift memorial at Mac Dutra Park in response to a fatal mass shooting the day before, in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The suspect, 66-year-old Chunli Zhao, was arrested in what investigators believe to be workplace violence. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Merced Martinez places a candle at a memorial for victims of the mass shooting the day before in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Suspect in Half Moon Bay farm killings faces 7 murder counts