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To his friends and family, 63-year-old Abdolvahab Alaghmandan was a devoted husband and father with the biggest heart and the best sense of humor.
To his son s girlfriend, Megan Staker, he was like a second father. She spoke to him just days before he was killed in the mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose.
Download our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. He was driving home from work and he was really happy because it was his Friday, Staker said. He had the next two days off, and we were talking about what he was going to do, and I told him I loved him.
Nine men were killed in a mass shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard on Wednesday. This is a brief look into their lives, including Dublin resident Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, a VTA substation mechanic.