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.
No words to describe the heartache : 9th victim dies in deadly shooting rampage at San Jose, California, rail yard John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
At least 9 killed after gunman opens fire at San Jose light rail yard
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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.
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After San Jose Mass Shooting, California Governor Renews Call for Gun Control
A woman leaves the scene where a man killed nine people at a light rail yard in San Jose this week. California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom lambasted the “sameness and numbness” of America’s mass shootings.
Noah Berger
The Associated Press
California Gov. Gavin Newsom made an impassioned plea for national action on gun control after a shooter killed nine people in a San Jose light rail yard this week the deadliest mass shooting in the state this year.
The Democrat, who leads a state with some of the strictest gun laws in the country, was exasperated when speaking with reporters after the shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility. Newsom called on public officials to move beyond platitudes and take responsibility for the epidemic of gun violence in the nation.