57-Year-Old San Jose Attacker Used Two Handguns
27 May 2021
The 57-year-old suspect in Wednesday’s San Jose Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) shooting used two handguns to carry out the heinous act.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith indicated the attacker “had two semiautomatic handguns and 11 loaded magazines,” Yahoo News reported.
#BREAKING: Gunman picture. #VTA employee Samuel Cassidy. Listed as a “substation maintainer.” Killed himself after mass shooting at @VTA facility in #SanJose. 8 victims dead (another remains in critical condition). Live coverage @nbcbayarea. #SanJoseShootingpic.twitter.com/VYFx3ypxbF
Breitbart News noted eight people died in Wednesday’s attack.
Police began receiving 911 calls about gunshots at the VTA facility around 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Police reported the attacker was dead at 8:10 a.m. Pacific Time.
Authorities released the names of the nine people who were killed when a gunman opened fire at a San Jose Valley Transportation Authority rail yard Wednesday.
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27 May 2021
Joe Biden pushed for ‘more’ to be done Wednesday after California’s stringent gun controls failed to prevent the San Jose attack.
Biden began his push before all the details of the shooting were known, tweeting:
We are still awaiting many of the details of this latest mass shooting in San Jose, but there are some things we know for sure. There are at least eight families who will never be whole again. Every life taken by a bullet pierces the soul of our nation.
We must do more.
NBC News reported Biden also released a statement, in which he said, in part:
PICTURED: Nine victims of San Jose transit yard shooting, including father-of-two, 36, and a grandpa, 63, as footage shows killer setting off for work with bag full of guns after torching his own home
Samuel Cassidy opened fire shortly before 7am after calmly setting off from home carrying a duffel bag which police believe contained the gun used in the attack at the Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose
The 57-year-old killed nine colleagues and was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound
A motive has not yet been established but an ex-girlfriend claimed Cassidy had bipolar and was violent