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.
The
Chicago Sun-Timesreports the first of the two fatalities occurred around 2:20 p.m. when a 21-year-old who was shot and killed as he was sitting in a vehicle.
The vehicle was located “in the 7500 block of South Chappel Avenue,” and WGN-TV reports another vehicle pulled close and a passenger opened fire.
The 21-year-old died at the scene.
Wednesday’s second fatality occurred just after 6 p.m., when a 16-year-old was shot in the head while inside a home located “in the first block of East 113th Place.”
The teen died at the scene.
The
Chicago Tribunenotes 1,298 people were shot in Chicago January 1, 2021, through May 24, 2001.
Chicago Expressway Shootings Up 100% Over Same Time Last Year
21 May 2021
Expressway shootings in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago are over 100 percent higher than where they were at this same time last year.
CBS Chicago notes there were 79 expressway shootings in the city as of May 19, 2021, compared to 36 such shootings in Chicago January 1, 2020, to May 19, 2020.
Moreover, ABC 7 reports another expressway shooting occurred just after 2 a.m. on May 21, 2021, resulting in a 39-year-old man being taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.
Two women were injured in the crash that resulted from the shooting. They were both taken to the hospital for medical attention as well.