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that left seven people dead and one injured, admitted during a jailhouse interview Thursday with NBC Bay Area's Janelle Wang that he committed the fatal shootings.
Zhao, who spoke with Wang in Mandarin for about 15 minutes at the San Mateo County Jail in Redwood City, also said after the shootings, he drove to the sheriff's substation to surrender. Zhao said he endured years of bullying combined with long hours working on the farms, and those issues were never addressed. He also said he believes he suffers from some sort of mental illness and wasn't in his right mind the day of the shootings, Wang said.
Zhao told Wang he has been in the U.S. for 11 years and has a green card. He bought the gun used in the killings in 2021 and didn't run into any obstacles when making the purchase.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.Zhao said he has a wife he lives with in Half Moon Bay and a 40-year-old daughter who lives in China.
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