Nine, including gunman, dead in San Jose rail yard shooting in California
An employee fatally shot eight people at a California train yard before turning the gun on himself as police closed in.
The shooting took place at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) site in San Jose.
“When our deputies went through the door, initially he was still firing rounds,” Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told journalists.
Officials say the victims include transit employees.
The gunman opened fire early at around 06:45 local time (14:45 GMT) on Wednesday in the VTA light rail yard. According to a local CBS station, the attack unfolded during an employee meeting.
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An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard, killing eight people before taking his own life as law enforcement rushed in, authorities said, marking the latest attack in a year that has seen a sharp increase in mass killings as the nation emerges from coronavirus restrictions.
The shooting took place around 6:30 a.m. in two buildings that are part of a light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other transit services throughout Santa Clara County, the most populated county in the San Francisco Bay Area. The facility in San Jose includes a transit-control center, parking for trains and a maintenance 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.
Investigators offered no immediate word on a motive but the gunman's ex-wife said he used to come home from work resentful over what he perceived as unfair assignments.