(Los Angeles) Seven people were killed Monday near San Francisco in two shootings that appear to have been perpetrated by the same individual, local channels said, local authorities indicating that a suspect was arrested.
“The suspect has been arrested. There is no longer any danger to the population at this time,” the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, which includes the town of Half Moon Bay where the tragedy took place, wrote on Twitter.
A press conference originally announced for 9 p.m. (Eastern time) had still not taken place.
The sheriff’s office previously wrote that its officers were responding to “a shooting that resulted in multiple casualties.”
The two shootings took place on farms close to each other, local stations affiliated with ABC and NBC said.
According to ABC, an eighth victim is seriously injured.
The victims are Chinese agricultural workers, according to a local elected official quoted by NBC.
The arrest of the suspect, referred to by local ABC and NBC stations as 67-year-old Zhao Chunli, was filmed by both stations.
An Asian man, dressed in a gray vest with red sleeves and a light gray cap, is pinned to the ground and handcuffed, then searched, before being escorted by several police officers.
According to NBC, the man was spotted in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Half Moon Bay police station, and a weapon was found in his car.
This new killing comes less than 48 hours after an Asian shooter killed 11 people in a dance hall near Los Angeles, which California Governor Gavin Newsom did not fail to deplore.
“I’m in the hospital meeting victims of a mass shooting when I’m pulled away to report another shooting. This time in Half Moon Bay. Tragedy after tragedy,” the Democrat tweeted.
Joe Biden has also been informed, his spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Twitter. The American president “has asked federal law enforcement to provide all necessary assistance to local authorities,” she said.