Half Moon Bay suspect 'snapped' before shooting co-workers, sheriff says

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49% : Although Zhao had presented no red flags to law enforcement during his time in Half Moon Bay, Corpus said her department Tuesday became aware of a 2013 restraining order filed against the suspect.
45% : After fleeing from the second shooting scene, Zhao tossed his cellphone out the window in an apparent effort to prevent law enforcement from using it to find his location, the sheriff said.
36% : The 66-year-old farmworker accused of fatally shooting seven of his co-workers and wounding another "snapped" because of a still-unknown grievance against some of the people among whom he had lived and worked for years, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

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