How there have been more mass shootings in America than days this year trends now
There have been more mass shootings in the US than days this year, including four in just eight days in California that have left 26 people dead.
Within the first 24 days of this year, 70 people have been killed and 167 injured in 39 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an institute tracking shootings in the country.
At this time last year, America had seen 27 mass shootings, according to the Archive, which defines mass shootings as an incident where at least four people are shot and injured or killed.
In California, just two days after gunman Huu Can Tran killed 11 people at a ballroom dance hall, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural area near San Francisco on Monday.
There have been more mass shootings in the US than days this year, including three in just eight days in California that have left 19 dead. Pictured: A man visits a memorial at Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park on Monday for the 11 victims who died as a result of a mass shooting there
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was visiting wounded survivors from Saturday night's massacre in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park when he was informed of Monday's killings in northern California. 'Tragedy upon tragedy,' Newsom wrote on Twitter.
In another incident, one person died and seven were injured in Oakland, near San Francisco, California, on Monday in a shooting between several individuals, Oakland Police Department reported.
Eight days earlier, six people, including a 17-year-old mother and her ten-month-old son - were killed in a shooting at a home in Goshen, California.
Here, MailOnline looks at the deadliest mass shootings in the US so far this year.
Half Moon Bay, California - 7 dead and 1 injured
Chunli Zhao, 67, was taken into custody on Monday accused of murdering seven farm workers in the Half Moon Bay area
Chunli Zhao, 67, a veteran farm worker, is suspected of opening fire and killing seven fellow Chinese agricultural laborers in what is being described as a workplace dispute.
The shootings took place at two separate locations in Half Moon Bay, California, with four shot at a farm run by Concord Farms, and three at Mountain Mushroom Farms two miles away. Officials are unsure which was attacked first.
Officers arrested Zhao after they found him in his vehicle in the car park of a sheriff's substation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.
Officials believe Zhao was a worker at one of the facilities and that the victims were also employees, Ms Corpus said.
Chunli Zhao, 67, is pictured on Monday afternoon as he is arrested by San Mateo County officials
Some workers at one facility lived on the premises and children may have witnessed the shooting, she added.
She said officials have not yet determined a motive for the shooting.
'We're still trying to understand exactly what happened and why, but it's just incredibly, incredibly tragic,' said state Senator Josh Becker, who represents the area and called it 'a very close-knit' agricultural community.
A San Mateo County sheriff deputy walks towards police tape as law enforcement officials conduct an investigation following a mass shooting on January 23 in Half Moon Bay, California
Monterey Park, California - 12 dead and 10 injured
Gunman Huu Can Tran, 72, opened fire at patrons inside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday night, killing 11 people and injuring 10 others.
Tran then drove to a nearby dance hall where an employee wrestled a modified 9mm submachine gun-style semi-automatic weapon away from him.
Ming Wei Ma, Mymy Nhan, 65, Valentino Alvero, 68, Diana Tom, 70, Lilian Li, 63, and Xiuhuan Yu, 57, have been named as six of the 11 people shot dead during the Lunar New Year festivities.
Huu Can Tran, 72, shot himself on Sunday in a van after being surrounded by SWAT teams. His motive for the rampage at Star Dance Studio remains unconfirmed, but police sources say it was a 'domestic dispute'. He is shown in surveillance footage from Saturday
FBI investigators stand near the Star Dance Studio (not pictured) where Tan opened fire and killed 11 people
Diana Tom, 70, (right) was critically wounded in the shooting and later died in hospital on Sunday. Valentino Alvero (left), a father, has also been identified as one of the victims of the shooting
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