First Published: 10:00 AM PDT, May 27, 2021 President Biden called the deadly massacre a “horrific tragedy,” and in a statement said “enough.” He called on Congress to take immediate action on gun control legislation. To honor the victims, the president had flags flown at half-mast, CBS said.
Nine victims killed in a deadly mass shooting at a light rail yard in San Jose, California, have been identified. The latest victim, who was hospitalized in critical condition, died late Wednesday, a report said
The victims in the VTA mass shooting ranged in age from 29 to 63, CBS News reported.
The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner identified the casualties as Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63; and Lars Kepler Lane, 63, and the latest victim, Alex Ward Fritch, 49, CNN reported.
California Killer of 8 Had Talked of Workplace Attacks
Voice of America
27 May 2021, 23:05 GMT+10
SAN JOSE, CALIF. - An employee who gunned down eight people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement rushed in had talked about killing people at work more than a decade ago, his ex-wife said. I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now, a tearful Cecilia Nelms told The Associated Press on Wednesday following the 6:30 a.m. attack at a light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority. When our deputies went through the door, initially he was still firing rounds. When our deputy saw him, he took his life, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters.
Samuel Cassidy, left, was reportedly held by customs officers returning from the Philippines in 2016. He is pictured heading to work to carry out the mass shooting Wednesday, right.
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