A disgruntled worker, a targeted attack and nine victims
Mourners attend a vigil Thursday for the nine victims of a shooting the day before at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard in San Jose.
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As investigators dig deep into the motive behind this week’s mass shooting in San Jose, a picture has emerged of a targeted attack, a disgruntled and angry gunman and his nine victims.
Witnesses said it seemed like the start of any other day.
Workers at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority some leaving their shift and others just arriving milled about in hallways and meeting rooms about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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First, the gunman set his house on fire.
Then he drove to work Wednesday morning and shot nine co-workers to death in two separate buildings at a San Jose light rail yard, after possibly setting explosives.
As Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies ran on scene just moments after the first 911 calls came in, he apparently shot himself to death.
Witnesses said the gunman wiped out most of the early shift at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility, in California’s worst mass shooting of the year and one of the deadliest in the country in 2021.
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“What the hell’s going on in the United States of America?” Gov. Gavin Newsom asked at an afternoon briefing after meeting with members of the victims’ families. “What the hell’s wrong with us? … When are we going to put down our arms, literally and figuratively?”
As the city of San Jose plans a vigil for the nine victims of a mass shooting, troubling new details have emerged about the moments leading up to their deaths.