Samuel Cassidy, 57, opened fire at the at the Valley Transportation Authority yard in Santa Clara shortly before 7am, before he turned the gun on himself.
An employee carrying multiple guns opened fire in a mass shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail facility in San Jose Wednesday morning, killing eight victims and injuring several others. The incident was connected to a separate house fire in the city at around the same time of the shooting, according to officials.
An employee carrying multiple guns opened fire in a mass shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail facility in San Jose Wednesday morning, killing nine victims and injuring several others. The incident was connected to a separate house fire in the city at around the same time of the shooting, according to officials.
HERO Tent President Kiana Simmons places a candle at a vigil organised by her group following the mass shooting at the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light-rail yard, outside City Hall in San Jose, California. Picture: Philip Pacheco / Getty Images via AFP
Public transit worker fatally shot 8, then killed himself at San Jose rail yard
By The Washington Post
Faiz Siddiqui, Derek Hawkins, Brittany Shammas and Mark Berman
San Jose, California - A transit system employee in San Jose opened fire on Wednesday morning at a light-rail facility, killing at least eight people before shooting himself, officials said.
Investigators confirmed little about the attacker Wednesday, saying they were still searching for a possible motive. They declined to say whether they thought any of the victims had been targeted.