Democrats Use San Jose Shooting to Push Gun Control
May 27, 2021
KEN: We have these we get these plans, you know, how to approach the show, so much to talk about, and then this shooting that took place yesterday, actually a killing. I don’t like it when people call the guy a shooter, but if you missed it we’ll bring you up to date now. Sadly another person has died. So, basically what happened yesterday we had a 57-year-old white man who killed nine people and then took his own life. And in the last 24 hours we found out more about this tragedy at the San Jose transit yard, the Valley Transportation Authority or the VTA.
A ninth victim has been identified in the Wednesday shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, Calif.The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner announced late Wednesday night that Alex Ward Fritch, 49, has died.Fritch died at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center after being transported there from the scene in critical condition.A gunman opened fire at a San Jose rail yard Wednesday morning, leaving nine people dead.The shooter,.
CPD has identified the suspect killed by police officers at a gas station Wednesday. Follow along with KOMU 8 News for what else you need to know today.
The shooting killed employees who had been bus and light rail operators, mechanics, linemen and an assistant superintendent over the course of their careers. One had worked for the agency since 1999.
The victims, many of them longtime employees of the transit agency, were identified by the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner Wednesday night as 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; Lars Kepler Lane, 63; and Alex Ward Fritch, 49.
The ninth victim, Fritch, died late Wednesday after he was transported to the hospital in critical condition, the medical examiner s office said.
As the city of San Jose plans a vigil for the nine victims of a mass shooting, troubling new details have emerged about the moments leading up to their deaths.