"The shooter is no longer a threat" after gunfire erupted Wednesday near a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility, Mayor Sam Liccardo said.
A mass shooting at a VTA light rail yard in San Jose on Wednesday morning during a union meeting left multiple people injured and multiple people dead - including the shooter, according to authorities and sources.
Employee kills 8 people at rail yard serving Silicon Valley
Some of the victims also worked at the facility, where the suspected assailant took his own life after opening fire.
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A woman leaves the scene of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility on Wednesday in San Jose, Calif. Noah Berger/Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard serving Silicon Valley, killing eight people before ending his own life, authorities said.
The suspect was an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other transit services throughout Santa Clara County, the most populated county in the Bay Area, authorities said.
Gunman kills 8 people at rail yard serving Silicon Valley
The suspected assailant, who is dead, worked at the facility, as did some of the victims.
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A woman leaves the scene of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility on Wednesday in San Jose, Calif. Noah Berger/Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard serving Silicon Valley, killing eight people. The suspect was also dead, authorities said.
Santa Clara County sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Russell Davis said the suspect was an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other transit services throughout Santa Clara County, the largest county in the Bay Area.