SAN JOSE, Calif. A mass shooting occurred at a rail yard in San Jose early Wednesday. The massacre left eight people dead, not including the suspect, who took his own life, authorities confirmed.The shooting was first reported at about 6:30 a.m. via multiple 911 calls. It was reported as an "
As new details emerge a day after the San Jose shooting that ultimately claimed the lives of nine victims, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith described Thursday morning how deputies and police officers arrived at the light rail facility within moments of the first 911 calls coming through.
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Sam Cassidy. He worked for the Valley Transportation Authority since 2012, starting out as a mechanic before being tasked with maintaining substations. He took his own life when he was confronted by officers.
Investigators are still trying to determine why he killed his coworkers and if he specifically targeted any of the victims.
He was armed with two semi-automatic handguns and had 11 loaded magazines.
Authorities said that Cassidy rigged a device that was rigged to burn down his house, which was about eight miles from the scene of the massacre. What we re operating under now, and I m not sure this isn t going to change, is that he set some kind of device to go off at a certain time probably to coincide with his shooting, Santa Clara County Sheriff