Posted By: Jason Rima May 27, 2021 @ 8:17 am Local News, News
A view of the rail yard run by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, California, U.S. May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) The number of people killed by a gunman at a California rail yard has risen to nine.
The Santa Clara County coroner’s office late Wednesday night identified the victim as 49-year-old Alex Ward Fritch.
He had been wounded in the attack in San Jose.
The assailant was a transit employee who killed himself as law enforcement rushed in Wednesday morning.
The ex-wife of Samuel Cassidy says even more than a decade ago, he was often resentful of his work.
AlessandroPhoto/iStock(SAN JOSE, Calif.) Nine people were shot to death at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard in San Jose, California, on Wednesday morning, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. The suspect, a VTA employee, also is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, sheriff's spokesperson Russell Davis said. Sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News that the suspect, identified as Samuel Cassidy, had multiple weapons. Multiple sources told ABC News the shooting is suspected workplace violence. VTA employees are among the victims, Davis said. The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner has identified the victims 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; Lars Kepler Lane, 63; and Alex Ward Fritch, 49. Fritch died Wednesday night after being trans
Mayor Sam Liccardo said Thursday a ninth person had died. Now, all we can do is what we must: support our families and coworkers in pain, and assist their journey to healing, Liccardo tweeted.
The gunman, an employee at the sprawling Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail hub, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and other employees were among the victims, police spokesman Russell Davis said Wednesday.
The initial eight victims were identified by the Santa Clara County coroner s office Wednesday night: Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63, and Lars Kepler Lane, 63.