A graduate of Cupertino High School and Evergreen College, Michael Rudometkin lived in Santa Cruz with his wife, Gloria. He was killed Wednesday morning when authorities say a VTA worker opened fired on his colleagues at the light rail yard on West Younger Ave in San Jose.
He’s going to be really missed | Tracy man s death in railyard shooting leaves neighbors mourning Luke Cleary, Eric Escalante
There s a neighborhood in the city of Tracy where the news of a deadly mass shooting in San Jose hit especially hard.
It s because that neighborhood was home to Timothy Romo, a 49-year-old Valley Transportation Authority worker who was killed Wednesday.
Authorities confirmed Romo was one of nine people killed in the San Jose railyard shooting before the suspected gunman took his own life.
While many might know Romo as a victim in the shooting, his neighborhood in Tracy knew him as a friend and as someone who never hesitated to lend a helping hand.
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An emergency responder stows a bomb squad robot following a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. A Santa Clara County sheriff s spokesman said the shooting left at least eight people, including the gunman, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Women leave a gathering area for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) workers and family members following a shooting at one of the agency s rail yards on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. A Santa Clara County sheriff s spokesman said a shooting at the rail yard left at least eight people, including the gunman, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)