MONTEREY PARK , Jan 24 — Asian Americans were reeling today after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people dead — with the alleged gunmen in both cases being older men of Asian descent.
Investigators were still probing the motives behind the two incidents, which stood out among the scourge of mass shootings in America both for the community impacted—gun violence is usually seen as rare among Asians and Asian Americans—and for the age of the suspects, 67 and 72. San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said seven people were killed and one wounded in the shootings, and that 67-year-old Half Moon Bay resident named Chunli Zhao had been taken into custody.Corpus said deputies had been dispatched to two nurseries around Half Moon Bay, a rural spot known for surfing contests and a pumpkin festival, around mid-afternoon on Monday.
“Zhao was taken into custody without incident and a semi-automatic handgun was located in his vehicle,” Corpus said.That tragedy unfolded as detectives in southern California were still probing what drove 72-year-old Huu Can Tran to shoot dead 11 people gathered for Lunar New Year at a suburban dance hall on Saturday night.
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