'Only in America': Gov. Newsom decries gun violence in visit to Half Moon Bay after 7 killed

 One day after meeting with victims' families mourning a shooting rampage in Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to the Northern California community of Half Moon Bay, where two shootings left seven people dead.


The suspected shooter is in custody and will be arraigned Wednesday in connection with the attacks at plant nurseries 30 miles south of San Francisco. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said four people were found dead at the Mountain Mushroom Farm, where the suspect worked, and a fifth was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Three bodies were found at a second scene – a farm where the suspect used to work – a short time later.

The county coroner's office was working to identify the victims, some of whom were migrants, and notify their next of kin. Sheriff Christina Corpus said on Tuesday the victims were five men and two women. A survivor was in stable condition at a hospital, she added.

Newsom expressed his dismay that he had to go from one community affected by a mass shooting to another one back-to-back and advocated for stronger gun control laws.

"Only in America do we see this kind of carnage, this kind of chaos, this kind of destruction of communities and lives," Newsom said.

ll evidence points to the attack as an "instance of workplace violence," Corpus said Tuesday. "Our hearts are broken, and we’re working together with the community to heal this tragic incident."

Vice President Kamala Harris is also set to visit her home state Wednesday in the wake of the two shootings, the White House announced Tuesday as the Biden administration advances its plans for legislation to ban assault weapons. Harris will travel to Monterey Park, where 11 people were killed at a dance studio on Saturday.

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