May 26 A shooting Wednesday morning at a California light rail yard killed eight people and left others with "major injuries," authorities say. The suspect, who is also dead, was an employee at the facility, Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesperson Russell Davis said at a briefing. There are reports of explosive devices inside the building and bomb squads are checking the facility, delaying .
A mass shooting in San Jose has claimed multiple lives and caused multiple injuries in a Wednesday morning tragedy the details of which are still trickling out. Reportedly eight people are dead and 12 are wounded, mostly VTA employees.
ATLANTA
Eight people were killed by a gunman at three Atlanta-area spa businesses in attacks that began the evening of March 16. Seven of the slain were women, and six were of Asian descent. Police charged a 21-year-old white man with the killings. There was deep skepticism over the shooter’s claim his motive was sex addiction. There was public clamoring for hate crime charges, especially among the Asian American community, which has faced rising numbers of attacks since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
BOULDER, COLORADO
About a week later, on March 22, a shooter at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killed 10 people, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene. The suspect bought a firearm at a local gun store after passing a background check. Investigators are working to determine the motive for the shooting and why the suspect chose the King Soopers grocery store.