US gunman kills 8, then shoots himself at rail yard in San Jose, California
- ‘I can confirm … that we do have multiple victims, and we have multiple casualties at this point,’ said a spokesman for San Jose police
- The spokesman confirmed that the suspect is dead, but that it was ‘undetermined’ how the shooter died
In California’s largest mass shooting this year, a gunman killed eight people at a light rail yard on Wednesday before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, US authorities said.
Police said the attacker set his house on fire before he drove to a Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) union meeting in San Jose and began shooting. The victims were shot in two different buildings, officials said.
Early indications are that the shooting was related to a workplace issue and that it did not involve riders of Santa Clara County’s light rail system, sources said.
The shooter was identified by sources as Samuel Cassidy, 57, a maintenance worker at the VTA.
Cassidy had worked at the light rail yard for at least eight years, public records indicated.
He shot virtually everyone on the morning shift, including some people he had worked with for years, according to a law enforcement source.