Video Shows Chunli Zhao Arrested by Police After California Mass Shooting

A video of mass shooting suspect Chunli Zhao being arrested by California police has gone viral on social media.

At least seven people were shot and killed with one critically injured in shootings on Monday at two locations in the small California coastal community of Half Moon Bay, according to reports.

The shootings are considered to be linked and mark the state's third mass shooting in a week.

Suspect Zhao, 67, was taken into custody two hours after the shootings, according to a CNN report.

Independent journalist Joshua Rodriguez shared a clip of his arrest to his Twitter page on Monday evening.

He captioned the video: "Hours ago California had multiple active shootings causing the whole city Half Moon Bay to go on locked down.

"The suspect has been arrested. 67-year-old Zhao Chunli is accused of murdering 7 people at Mushroom Farm and at a green house."

In the clip, three officers with their guns raised confront Zhao in a car park. The suspect appears to comply and is tackled to the ground and handcuffed.

One officer then proceeded to search Zhao before other officers arrived in a squad car.

Authorities were alerted to a shooting at an unincorporated area at around 2:22 p.m. in San Mateo County.

When they arrived they found four victims dead and one wounded. After this three more victims were found dead at a separate site.

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus gave details of the shooting at a Monday night news conference.

She said: "This is a devastating tragedy for this community and the families touched by this unspeakable act of violence."

Authorities believe Zhao is a worker at one of the agriculture facilities in the coastal area, according to an Associated Press report.

Police have not yet said what they believe the motive for the attacks was.

California state Senator Josh Becker, who represents the area, called it "a very close-knit" agricultural community.

He added: "We're still trying to understand exactly what happened and why, but it's just incredibly, incredibly tragic."

California Governor Gavin Newsom called the latest shooting a "tragedy upon tragedy" as he reflected on the recent Monterey Park shooting that resulted in the deaths of 11 people as they were celebrating the Lunar New Year.

He tweeted: "At the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting. This time in Half Moon Bay. Tragedy upon tragedy."

The suspect in the Monterey Park shooting, identified as a 72-year-old male, was eventually found dead by police with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a van in a strip mall parking lot near Hawthorne Boulevard.

Newsweek has contacted the Half Moon Bay Sheriff's Office for comment.

Update 1/24/2023, 4:45 a.m. ET: This article was updated with later information.