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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) workers gather near a railyard following a shooting on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
SAN JOSE, CA — A coworker of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employee who opened fire in the May 26 mass shooting at a VTA rail yard said last year of the shooter: "He scares me. If someone was to go postal, it'd be him."
Samuel Cassidy, a 20-year employee of VTA, killed nine coworkers before turning the gun on himself. According to a review of personnel files and documents made public by VTA on Thursday, the 57-year-old Cassidy had four separate incidents throughout his career that were elevated to management and he received disciplinary actions that ranged from a verbal action to a two-day leave without pay.