Updated: 9:17 AM PDT May 27, 2021 By JOCELYN GECKER and MARTHA MENDOZA 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 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.The gunman had two semiautomatic handguns and 11 loaded magazines, the sheriff told NBC s Today show on Thursday. A locker at the rail yard believed to be the gunman s contained materials for bombs, detonator cords, the precursors to an explosive, Smith said. The number of people fatally shot by the gunman r
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The gunman, an employee whose ex-wife says had struggled with anger issues, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police spokesman Russell Davis said. Other employees were among the victims. Authorities had not determined a motive.
Authorities initially said eight victims had died but later said a ninth had succumbed to his injuries.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff s Office received multiple 911 calls about shots fired at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority around 6:34 a.m. local time. Employees of the facility were evacuated from the building, which operates as a transit control center.
The victims were shot in two separate buildings and officials were working to quickly identify them and notify their families, Sheriff Laurie Smith said in a news conference Wednesday. Smith and officials praised first responders who rushed to the shooting scene.
Deputies did not exchange gunfire with the suspect and investigators believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Deputy Russell Davis, a sheriff s department spokesperson.
Flags at half-staff at San Diego County Administration Center, MTS for San Jose shooting victims
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â Flags at the San Diego County Administration Building and at Metropolitan Transit System headquarters are being flown at half-staff on Thursday following a deadly mass shooting at a San Jose rail yard.
On Wednesday morning, nine people were shot and killed by a gunman at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) maintenance rail yard.
The gunman, later identified as a VTA employee, died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
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