AlessandroPhoto/iStock(SAN JOSE, Calif.) Nine people were shot to death at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard in San Jose, California, on Wednesday morning, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. The suspect, a VTA employee, also is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, sheriff's spokesperson Russell Davis said. Sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News that the suspect, identified as Samuel Cassidy, had multiple weapons. Multiple sources told ABC News the shooting is suspected workplace violence. VTA employees are among the victims, Davis said. The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner has identified the victims as Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63; Lars Kepler Lane, 63; and Alex Ward Fritch, 49. Fritch died Wednesday night after being trans
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.
HERO Tent President Kiana Simmons places a candle at a vigil organised by her group following the mass shooting at the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light-rail yard, outside City Hall in San Jose, California. Picture: Philip Pacheco / Getty Images via AFP
Public transit worker fatally shot 8, then killed himself at San Jose rail yard
By The Washington Post
Faiz Siddiqui, Derek Hawkins, Brittany Shammas and Mark Berman
San Jose, California - A transit system employee in San Jose opened fire on Wednesday morning at a light-rail facility, killing at least eight people before shooting himself, officials said.
Investigators confirmed little about the attacker Wednesday, saying they were still searching for a possible motive. They declined to say whether they thought any of the victims had been targeted.