Key takeaways:
- Seven people are dead and one critically injured after a shooting in two locations near Half Moon Bay, California.
- The suspect, a 67-year-old man who lives in Half Moon Bay, is in custody.
- The investigation is ongoing and authorities have not released any information about the victims or the suspect.
Seven people are dead and one critically injured after a shooting in two locations near Half Moon Bay, California, on Monday. San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said that the suspect, a 67-year-old man who lives in Half Moon Bay, is in custody.
At 2:22 p.m. PT, deputies were alerted to a shooting in an unincorporated area in San Mateo County. Upon arrival, they found four victims dead and one wounded at the first location. Soon after, three more victims were found dead at a separate site.
Dave Pine, President of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, told CNN that the shootings took place at a mushroom farm and another near a trucking facility, approximately two miles from the farm. An eighth victim was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing and authorities have not released any information about the victims or the suspect. The motive for the shootings is still unknown. Half Moon Bay is a coastal city of roughly 11,000 people, located about 30 miles south of San Francisco.
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