California Killer of 8 Had Talked of Workplace Attacks
Voice of America
27 May 2021, 23:05 GMT+10
SAN JOSE, CALIF. - An employee who gunned down eight 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.
Mass shooting in California
By AFP Published: May 27, 2021 05:08 PM
Police escort people to a reunification center for VTA employees and families near the scene of a mass shooting in San Jose, California, the United States, on May 26, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)A public transit worker shot dead eight people at a California rail yard Wednesday before turning the gun on himself as police arrived, officials said, in the latest mass shooting to hit the US.
Multiple victims were also wounded in the attack at the train maintenance compound in San Jose, just south of San Francisco, which has once again shone a spotlight on the country s raging gun control debate.
News Director Michelle Marques talks with ABC News Correspondent Alex Stone reporting from San Jose where a VTA employee shot 9 co-workers and then killed