57-Year-Old San Jose Attacker Used Two Handguns
27 May 2021
The 57-year-old suspect in Wednesday’s San Jose Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) shooting used two handguns to carry out the heinous act.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith indicated the attacker “had two semiautomatic handguns and 11 loaded magazines,” Yahoo News reported.
#BREAKING: Gunman picture. #VTA employee Samuel Cassidy. Listed as a “substation maintainer.” Killed himself after mass shooting at @VTA facility in #SanJose. 8 victims dead (another remains in critical condition). Live coverage @nbcbayarea. #SanJoseShootingpic.twitter.com/VYFx3ypxbF
Breitbart News noted eight people died in Wednesday’s attack.
Police began receiving 911 calls about gunshots at the VTA facility around 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Police reported the attacker was dead at 8:10 a.m. Pacific Time.
Authorities released the names of the nine people who were killed when a gunman opened fire at a San Jose Valley Transportation Authority rail yard Wednesday.
An assailant opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard serving Silicon Valley, killing eight people. The suspect was also dead, authorities said.
An employee who gunned down nine people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement rushed in had talked about killing people at work.