The gunman who also took his own life occasionally discussed shooting his co-workers because he was dissatisfied at work, according to his ex-wife.
Two people hug on Younger Avenue outside the scene of a shooting in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May, 26. 2021. An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California railyard serving Silicon Valley, killing multiple 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. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group via AP)
An employee who gunned down nine people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement rushed in had talked about killing people at work.
A California sheriff says a gunman who killed nine people in a rail yard massacre fired 39 shots and appeared to target some of the victims. Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (NBC) – The country is again facing news of another deadly mass shooting. A gunman opened fire in a San Jose, California railyard Wednesday, killing nine people. Police say the accused shooter was also found dead.
The crime scene is still being processed by investigators. They are looking for any new clues in this investigation. What they don’t have is a motive; why the gunman opened fire and killed nine of his colleagues where he had worked at for more than a decade.
Investigators believe that the gunman arrived Wednesday morning with the intent to kill, moving between two buildings, gunning down as many people as he could before police, who had a substation and a headquarters just across the street, arrived on scene within seconds of the shooting.