2023-01-24 08:00:00
Two farms have been killed in a deadly attack south of San Francisco. The police arrested a suspect. His motive is still unclear.
Just two days after the bloody crime at a dance club in California seven farm workers were shot dead in the American state, apparently by a colleague. According to police reports, the perpetrator shot around on two nearby farms south of San Francisco on Monday before he could be arrested by the police. Meanwhile, during the investigation into the attack on a dance club near Los Angeles on Saturday, jealousy came into focus as a possible motive.
The police received an emergency call on Monday afternoon and moved out, police chief Christina Corpus reported. Officials discovered four bodies with gunshot wounds on a farm. A fifth victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. “Shortly thereafter, three more fatalities with gunshot wounds were discovered at another crime scene.”
The perpetrator turns himself in to the police
The alleged perpetrator then drove to a police station in Half Moon Bay, where television crews were already waiting for a police press conference. Footage taken by them shows an apparently Asian man being pushed to the ground by armed police officers. According to the police, a semi-automatic weapon was found in the 67-year-old’s car.
The motive for the act initially remained unclear, according to the police, the victims were colleagues of the arrested person. According to a local broadcaster, those killed all came from China. The attack was carried out in front of other people living on the farms, including several children, Corpus said. “It’s just unbelievable that children have to experience something like this.”
“One tragedy follows another,” wrote the California governor Gavin Newsom on twitter. He was visiting the injured in the Monterey Park attack in the hospital when he was briefed on the Half Moon Bay shooting.
The White House said US President Joe Biden had been briefed on the incident. He has been fighting for a tightening of gun laws for a long time without success.
Two dead in youth center attack
Two students, aged 16 and 18, died in a shooting at a youth center in the US state of Iowa. Another man was seriously injured in the incident in the city of Des Moines, local police said on Monday evening (local time). It is about the 49-year-old founder of the facility, who was still trying to stop the shooter.
Shortly after the shooting on Monday afternoon, three suspects were arrested, it said. One of them, an 18-year-old, was charged with, among other things, double murder and attempted murder of a third person. It was said he was in possession of a handgun. Due to another, unspecified weapon offence, he wore an electronic ankle bracelet, which he removed about 16 minutes before the crime. Both the alleged perpetrator and the two victims are members of rival gangs. The motive for the crime was conflicts between the groups, it said.
The educational institution concerned is aimed in particular at young people who are struggling with difficult circumstances. “All young people deserve a chance to grow beyond the circumstances into which they were born and to fulfill their spiritual, emotional, physical and economic potential,” states the program’s website.
Investigations at Monterey Park are ongoing
Monday’s shooting shook the United States less than 48 hours after the attack on a Los Angeles-area dance club. A 72-year-old man of Asian descent is said to have opened fire on those present. The bloodbath in the pro-Asian community of Monterey Park occurred during Chinese New Year celebrations. Another victim of the attack died on Monday, bringing the death toll to 11.
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According to a report by the “Los Angeles Times”, investigators are currently investigating that it could have been a crime of jealousy. Therefore, possible personal relationships between the perpetrator and the victims would be investigated.
However, police chief Robert Luna emphasized in a press conference: “We do not yet know the motive.” According to witness statements, the perpetrator may have known some of his victims. So far, however, there is no information about any family relationships.
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