The gunman who killed nine people at a California transit agency facility this week may have impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, local therapists claim, according to a report.
These Are the Nine VTA Employees Killed In Wednesday s Shooting In San Jose
The nine men who were fatally shot Wednesday morning in one of the worst mass shootings the Bay Area has ever experienced have now been publicly identified. As their families and friends grieve their loss, the rest of the country is grappling with yet another workplace shooting by a heavily armed individual who probably should not have owned guns.
One coworker at the Valley Transportation Authority who survived the shooting, Kirk Bertolet, has spoken with ABC 7 about a possible motive behind Samuel Cassidy s horrific act. According to Bertolet, the killings were targeted, and Cassidy clearly passed some coworkers by, letting them live.
Published Thursday, May 27, 2021 6:15PM EDT SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A gunman who killed nine people at a California rail yard where he worked appeared to target some of the victims, a sheriff told The Associated Press on Thursday, while a Biden administration official said the shooter spoke of hating his workplace when customs officers detained him after a 2016 trip to the Philippines. Samuel Cassidy, 57, arrived at the light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose around 6 a.m. Wednesday with a duffel bag filled with semi-automatic handguns and high-capacity magazines, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.
San Jose mass shooter faced disciplinary hearing on the day of the massacre for making racist remarks to coworkers as new footage shows him walking across rail lines just minutes into massacre that killed nine
Samuel Cassidy was due at a disciplinary hearing over racist comments on the day of the mass shooting on San Jose Wednesday
Surveillance video showed Cassidy, 57, walking from one shooting site to another at the Valley Transportation Authority minutes into the massacre
Cassidy was held by U.S. Customs officers returning from the Philippines in 2016, according to report
A memo says Cassidy possessed books about terrorism and fear and manifestos… as well as a black memo book filled with lots of notes about how he hates the Valley Transportation Authority where he worked