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.
San Jose rail yard killer evaded California’s tough gun laws
By John WoolfolkTribune News Service
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SAN JOSE, Calif. The smoke had barely cleared after Wednesday’s deadly rampage by a disgruntled maintenance worker at a San Jose light rail yard when it became the focus of the nation’s fevered debate over gun laws.
The San Francisco Bay Area’s deadliest mass shooting prompted President Joe Biden to urge Congress to “help end this epidemic of gun violence in America.” Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the scene and recalled another mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2019. Advocates for stricter gun laws argued that this latest in a series of mass shootings nationally is proof of the need for more federal laws.
San Jose VTA mass shooting now the Bay Area s deadliest gun massacre
By Lisa Fernandez article
A memorial with candles for the victims of the San Jose VTA rail yard shooting is seen at the San Jose City Hall in San Jose, California, on May 27, 2021. (Photo by AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images)
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - A mass shooting in San Jose that killed nine Valley Transportation Authority employees and also left the gunman dead when he killed himself now has the notorious distinction of being the Bay Area s deadliest gun massacre in history.
An early portrait of the now-dead attacker, Sam James Cassidy, 57, shows him to be a hot-tempered, bipolar VTA worker, who had long complained about his job and had at least two ended relationships.