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 Governor Gavin Newsom spoke at the scene of Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Jose, Calif., to condemn the deaths of 8 victims at a workplace murder-suicide. “Pick a state. And here we are, in the United States of America, where we’re experiencing something that is not experienced anywhere else in the world. There’s a sameness to this.”
PICTURED: Nine victims of San Jose transit yard shooting, including father-of-two, 36, and a grandpa, 63, as footage shows killer setting off for work with bag full of guns after torching his own home
Samuel Cassidy opened fire shortly before 7am after calmly setting off from home carrying a duffel bag which police believe contained the gun used in the attack at the Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose
The 57-year-old killed nine colleagues and was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound
A motive has not yet been established but an ex-girlfriend claimed Cassidy had bipolar and was violent
The San Francisco Chronicle that Cassidy “would constantly complain about co-workers getting easier assignments at the VTA’s maintenance yard” and said that she “was relieved when their marriage ended in 2004, because his temper had become explosive.” She added that she had not spoken to Cassidy at all in about 13 years.
Following his divorce from Nelms, Cassidy went on to date a woman who later accused him of rape and physical abuse that was allegedly brought on by violent mood swings, according to court documents obtained by
The
Chronicle.
The woman, whose name was withheld because she was an alleged sexual assault victim, claimed in a 2009 sworn declaration that she dated Cassidy for about a year, but the two broke up after she refused to have anal sex with him on Valentine’s Day.
Sikh man among eight people killed in California rail yard shooting ANI | Updated: May 27, 2021 09:39 IST
California [US], May 27 (ANI): A Sikh man was among eight people killed during the shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, California. However, the details of the victim s family have not been identified yet, as an official statement.
Santa Clara County officials have released the names of the shooting victims that includes 36-year-old Taptejdeep Singh and said that the details of the heritage of the victim have not been identified yet.
Apart from Taptejdeep Singh, other victims included Paul Delacruz Megia (42), Adrian Balleza (29), Jose Dejesus Hernandez Ill (35), Timothy Michael Romo (49), Michael Joseph Rudometkin (40), Abdolvahab Alaghmandan (63) and Lars Kepler Lane(63).