A day after the Bay Area s deadliest mass shooting ever, local leaders gathered Thursday in San Jose to remember the nine victims lost.
However, at his home where the fire was reported, investigators found the gasoline cans, Molotov cocktails, firearms and ammunition, and sheriff s officials said they believe the fire was started to destroy the home.
The sheriff s office has described Cassidy as a highly disgruntled VTA employee for many years but has not identified a specific motive for the mass shooting.
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The nine people killed by Cassidy have been identified as Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63; Lars Kepler Lane, 63; and Alex Ward Fritch, 49.
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned that the gunman who shot and killed nine VTA co-workers before committing suicide Wednesday was under investigation for allegedly making racist remarks to coworkers and was scheduled to attend a disciplinary hearing on the day of the attack.
Cassidy s home has been under investigation since the mass shooting at the Valley Transportation Authority on Wednesday. Nine people were killed in the shooting.