Family members, co-workers, city officials and members of the community gathered Friday evening at Mac Dutra Park to light candles and remember the seven victims from Monday’s mass shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms.
Servando Martinez lost his brother Marciano Martinez and spoke at the gathering. “He was always with us in bad times and good times,” said Servando Martinez. “I would’ve liked that he would be with us longer but someone took him away.”
Earlier in the day, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco held a prayer and blessing as family members and co-workers returned to Concord Farms, one of the two mushroom farms where Chunli Zhao, 66, carried out his deadly rampage.
“We come today to reclaim this place of death as a place of life, peace, hope and community,” said Archbishop Cordileone before he sprinkled water on the ground and on the heads of the roughly dozen people in attendance.
Members of the community honor the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Servando Martinez pauses as he mourns the loss of his brother Marciano Martinez during a candlelight vigil at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in honor of the mass shooting victims. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Felix Rosales, left, with his son Hiran, 9, and wife Laura Ruiz, honor the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Farmworkers and family members along with city officials and members of the community honor the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco offers a prayer and blessing as farmworkers and family members gather at Concord Farms in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Servando Martinez mourns the loss of his brother Marciano Martinez as he speaks during a prayer and blessing conducted by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at California Terra Gardens farm in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Farmworkers and family members of the victims of a mass shooting attend a prayer and blessing conducted by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at California Terra Gardens farm in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Farmworkers and family members of the victims of a mass shooting attend a prayer and blessing conducted by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at California Terra Gardens farm in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A farmworker mourns the loss of co-workers during a prayer and blessing conducted by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at California Terra Gardens farm in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Guadalupe Zavala holds up photos of Marciano Martinez, the godfather of her children, during a prayer and blessing conducted by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at Concord Farms in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A farmworker holds a candle while mourning the loss of co-workers during a prayer and blessing conducted by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at California Terra Gardens farm in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Graciela Orozco and her granddaugther Jimena Sanchez, 7, honor the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Kory Mingus, left, with his wife Elvira and son Fenke, 13, of Half Moon Bay, honor the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A California Terra Garden farmworker supervisor, left, honors the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez speaks during a candlelight vigil in honor of the mass shooting victims at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A man who didn’t want to give his name, holds a candle in one hand and a stuffed animal in the other, along with fellow farmworkers and family members attending a candlelight vigil in honor of mass shooting victims at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office officers hold candles during a candlelight vigil in honor of the mass shooting victims at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Genesis Carrera, 7, sits on the ground as she attends a candlelight vigil in honor of the mass shooting victims at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
