afternoon news conference gov gavin newsom said he met with chinese farmworkers who heard the gunshots speaking through a translator they said it was hard to comprehend what was happening they had never heard a sound like that he said the shooting was likely to leave some in the community fearful and searching for other work he said the trauma and the damage the devastation is felt for generations in some cases communities being torn asunder no one feeling safe newsom said the shootings in half moon bay and monterey park followed the killing of a teenage mother her baby and six others at a home in californias central valley on jan 16 officials discussing the investigation mentioned a possible gang link to the killings