Neighbor Calls VTA Shooter Sam Cassidy Strange as Footage Shows Him Leaving Before Shooting
On 5/27/21 at 10:28 AM EDT
Speaking with the
Mercury News, Doug Suh, who lives across the street, said that Cassidy was lonely and strange. Suh also told other local news stations that Cassidy was very quiet. I d say hello, and he d just look at me without saying anything, Suh said, adding that Cassidy once became angry at him for backing up his car near Cassidy s driveway.
On Wednesday, law enforcement officials identified Cassidy as the suspected shooter, according to the Associated Press.
Suh also captured footage of Cassidy leaving his home before the shooting incident at around 5:30 a.m. local time, according to KRON-TV. In a video clip, Cassidy appears to be holding a large duffle bag before getting into his vehicle.
Updated: 9:17 AM PDT May 27, 2021 By JOCELYN GECKER and MARTHA MENDOZA 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 more than a decade ago, his ex-wife said. I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now, a tearful Cecilia Nelms told The Associated Press on Wednesday following the 6:30 a.m. attack at a light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority. When our deputies went through the door, initially he was still firing rounds. When our deputy saw him, he took his life, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters.The gunman had two semiautomatic handguns and 11 loaded magazines, the sheriff told NBC s Today show on Thursday. A locker at the rail yard believed to be the gunman s contained materials for bombs, detonator cords, the precursors to an explosive, Smith said. The number of people fatally shot by the gunman r
Sheriff s officials and VTA officials confirmed that the shooting occurred at the facility at 101 Younger Avenue, and some of the victims were VTA employees.