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Gunman kills seven farmers in third mass shooting in California
Police investigate the scene of a mass shooting off Cabrillo Highway in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.

A GUNMAN in the United States killed seven Chinese-American farmers in northern California’s Half Moon Bay on Monday in the third mass shooting in the state in eight days.

Officers arrested suspect Chunli Zhao, 67, after they found him in his car in a sheriff’s office car park.

Seven people were found dead and an eighth injured at a farm and another location several miles away.

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