In the court documents, the ex-girlfriend also claimed that "several times" during their relationship, Cassidy "became intoxicated, enraged and forced himself" on her sexually.
A 36-year-old Indian-origin Sikh man was among eight people killed in the latest horrific mass shooting incident in the US, authorities in San Jose in Northern California said on Thursday.
An employee who gunned down nine 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 has said.
“I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now,” a tearful Cecilia Nelms told the Associated Press on Wednesday following the 6.30am attack at a light rail depot for the Valley Transportation Authority in Santa Clara, near San Jose.
“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.
San Jose shooting: Officials share emotional reactions to rail yard tragedy
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10 people have died, including the suspect, after shots rang out early this morning. The shooter has been identified as a VTA employee. This is every mayor s worst nightmare, said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo. Our heart pains for the family and the coworkers because we know that so many are feeling deeply this loss of loved ones and friends.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who arrived in San Jose Wednesday afternoon called the tragedy part of a pandemic of gun violence. There s a numbness I imagine some of us are feeling about this because there s a sameness, Newsom said. It feels like this happens over and over and over again. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.
The shooter arrived at the light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority 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 in an interview.