Alex Ward Fritch, 49.
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
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The man who
authorities say fatally shot nine people Wednesday morning in San Jose, California, had a history of mood swings, two people who knew him said, and he opened fire on his coworkers at a public transit agency at about the same time his home went up in flames.
The suspected gunman in the latest spate of American gun violence has been identified as Sam Cassidy, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to CNN.
The shooter did not exchange gunfire with officers who responded to the shooting, according to police, and it has been initially determined he died by suicide. Authorities have yet to establish a motive for the shooting, but court documents and interviews with those who knew the gunman describe a man with anger issues dating back at least a decade.
The man who authorities say fatally shot nine people Wednesday morning in San Jose, California, had a history of mood swings, two people who knew him said, and he opened fire on his coworkers at a public transit agency at about the same time his home went up in flames.