$100 repair bill put Half Moon Bay gunman over the edge, prosecutor says

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Jan. 30, 2023 | Lisa Bonos and Joyce Lau

[artichokegrower]

More details have emerged about the workplace dispute that led Zhao Chunli, 66, to allegedly kill seven people and attempt to kill another at two mushroom farms in Northern California a week ago.

[artichokegrower]

A lot little factoids buried in the story:

He used a legally purchased Ruger semiautomatic handgun during the shootings, according to authorities.

Zhao, a Chinese national

Zhao had felt bullied for years at the California Terra Garden farm, he said in Mandarin in a jailhouse interview

The victims of the shooting were Zhishen Liu, 73; Qizhong Cheng, 66; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50; Yetao Bing, 43; Aixiang Zhang, 74; Jingzhi Lu, 64; and Jose Romero Perez, 38,

A little more info on California Terra Garden Inc.

California Terra Garden Inc. Recalls Seafood Mushroom Because of Possible Health Risk

California Terra Garden Inc. of Commerce, CA is recalling all cases of its 150g/5.3-ounce packages of Seafood Mushroom (Product of China) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems

Whole lot of connections to China in this story

[BenLurkin]

He felt ‘disrespected’.

[rktman]

Was it the much despised “fully semi automatic assault pistol”?

[OSHA]

The victims of the shooting were Zhishen Liu, 73; Qizhong Cheng, 66; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50; Yetao Bing, 43; Aixiang Zhang, 74; Jingzhi Lu, 64; and Jose Romero Perez, 38,

One of these things is not like the others.

[Menehune56]

I see two actually.

[imabadboy99]

diversity is our strength

[artichokegrower]

So a Chinese national was able to legally purchase a handgun in California

[Carriage Hill]

Toughest gun laws in the country; sure did the job.

[Revel]

That’s what it sounds like. Hard to believe.

[familyop]

The PLA wants more gun control in the U.S.A.

[ifinnegan]

Two of them.

[ifinnegan]

Zhao had exhibited workplace rage before. In 2013, he was accused of threatening a co-worker and separately tried to suffocate him, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing court documents.

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And why wasn’t he deported?

This seems like it’s a Chicom company here in the US.

[artichokegrower]

Foreign national with police record has no problem buying a handgun in California. Go figure

[NautiNurse]

"his boss asked him to pay a $100 repair bill for damage that had been done to heavy construction equipment."

There was a collision between a forklift driven by Zhao, and a bulldozer. What non-Chinese ag business would charge a worker $100 for damage to heavy equipment?

[artichokegrower]

I work in California ag. I hat had guys roll trucks, roll trailers with tractors, rear end cars, put tractors in sloughs and on and on. Never charged them for the damage. But I ain’t Chinese

[ronnie raygun]

So a Chinese national was able to legally purchase a handgun in California

This should be the headline but its not and we all know why

[9YearLurker]

So how did he get a green card? And here originally?

[9YearLurker]

Yep, or any employees for any on-the-job mistakes?

[Drew68]

So a Chinese national was able to legally purchase a handgun in California

Per the ATF, most legal aliens are allowed to purchase firearms provided they have a government-issued ID and meet the background check requirements.

Certain legal aliens with nonimmigrant visas seeking to enter the United States on a temporary basis for tourism, business, medical treatment and certain types of temporary work are prohibited unless they have a hunting license or licenses related to importing, exporting, collecting, dealing, or manufacturing in firearms.