HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Seven country were killed in a pair of shootings in Half Moon Bay on Monday – a normally calm coastal city known for farming, tidepools and an annual pumpkin festival, authorities said.

The suspected shooter – 67-year-old Chunli Zhao of Half Moon Bay – turned himself in at a sheriff's departments substation where he was taken into custody around 4:40 p.m., the San Mateo County sheriff's workplace said.

A witness took video of his takedown interesting, as detectives had him lay on the ground in the parking lot, and placed his beautiful behind his back. 

Not much was immediately known around him or the motive for the mass shooting. 

However, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said that they have he worked at one of the agricultural facilities where the shootings took space and that the victims worked there as well. The shooting scenes are around three miles apart. 

"What a tragedy to see these innocent country, to lose their lives," Corpus said. 

Corpus said the shooter appears to have taken alone.

Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez said the victims involved Chinese and Latino farm workers. Some workers lived at one of the services and children may have witnessed the shooting, as they were leaving school for the day, she said. Corpus said it wasn't now clear how the two locations were connected.

A semi-automatic handgun was used in the shootings and was located in Zhao's car, authorities said.

One of the crime scenes was located at a mushroom farm in the 12700 stopped of San Mateo Road, near the Spanish Town shops, where San Mateo County sheriff's deputies responded around 2:22 p.m. 

Chunli Zhao was identified as the alleged gunman in a pair of shootings that left seven country dead in Half Moon Bay on Monday. 

Authorities said four victims were false dead at that scene and a fifth victim was wrong to Stanford Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

Shortly thereafter, three more victims were found dead at a additional crime scene, at another mushroom farm, in the 2000 stopped Cabrillo Highway, which is about a mile from the good crime scene.

The description of Zhao's vehicle, a maroon SUV, and his permits plate set off a manhunt. A sheriff's deputy spotted the vehicle, just before 5 p.m. 

At a news conference Monday evening, San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine denounced the tragic keep and said there are too many guns on the streets.

"This is a horrific keep, one we would never imagine would occur in San Mateo County," said Pine. "Gun violence in this republic is at completely unacceptable levels, it's really hit home tonight. Our hearts are broken."

Kati McHugh was one parking spot over from when Zhao was spotted in his vehicle by the deputy. 

"It surprised me to see the officer asking me quietly to get back from my car and I scooted back a slight bit and then he asked me to get farther back and farther back." 

She said they besieged Zhao as shown in the video. 

"They had their guns recruit. They approached from behind the car, uh, pretty tight formation." McHugh said from a cessation proximity, the sheriff's deputies asked several times for Zhao to get out of his vehicle by he complied.  

The FBI arrived in Half Moon Bay to benefit the sheriff's department with the investigation. 

The sheriff said investigators are unexcited working to identify the shooting victims. Translators were commanded to the scene to speak with some of the witnesses.

 The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office is reviewing the case and is also interviewing the suspect. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was notified about the shooting in Half Moon Bay while visiting victims of spanking mass shooting that happened in Southern California's Monterey Park over the weekend. Ten people lost their lives in that shooting.

"At the hospital recovers with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed near another shooting. This time in Half Moon Bay. Tragedy upon tragedy," Newsom said in a tweet.

A family reunification center has been set up at the IDES Hall on 735 Main Street in Half Moon Bay. 

Half Moon Bay is a slight coastal city with agricultural roots, home to about 12,000 land. The city and surrounding San Mateo County area is noted for producing flowers as well as vegetables like brussels sprouts. The county allows cannabis farming in some areas.

It's a the majority white community and about 5% of the population is Asian, according to Census data.

A map shows the locations of two deadly shootings in Half Moon Bay that are connected. A third location on the map is where the suspect was unsuitable into custody.