(KRON) — The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office announced prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect Chunli Zhao.
Zhao, 68, of Half Moon Bay, appeared in court on Tuesday and learned that his upcoming trial will be a capital murder case. Prosecutors’ announcement marks the first time in recent history that a district attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area sought the death penalty.
San Mateo County’s longtime District Attorney, Steve Wagstaffe, assigned Assistant District Attorney Josh Stauffer as lead prosecutor for Zhao’s capital murder trial…