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(SAN JOSE, Calif.) Unexploded but completed Molotov cocktails were found inside the charred home of San Jose, California, mass shooting suspect Samuel Cassidy, multiple sources told ABC News.
The sources said it’s not clear why Cassidy had the concoctions; he may have placed them there to accelerate the fire at his house, which was reported minutes after the shooting. The devices did not explode.
Law enforcement teams are continuing to examine the remains of his home on Friday.
Authorities do not have a motive for why Cassidy, a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employee, allegedly gunned down nine men at the VTA light rail yard Wednesday morning.
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Local authorities in the San Jose area weren t notified in 2016 after federal officers detained the man accused of killing nine of his co-workers this week and found him with books about terrorism and writings detailing his hatred of the rail yard where he worked, the Santa Clara County District Attorney told USA TODAY.
The information could have helped local law enforcement and the suspect s employer potentially mitigate the attack Wednesday that took the lives of nine employees of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail hub in San Jose, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in an interview.
On Friday, investigators, crime specialists and a bomb squad team were out in force at VTA gunman Sam Cassidy's home on Angmar Court. Police also revealed that Cassidy was a hoarder.
San Jose officials said Friday police were not informed that Sam Cassidy, the gunman who killed nine coworkers this week at a rail yard facility, had been stopped in 2016 by US Customs officers and found to have books on terrorism and a memo book full of hateful writings about his workplace.