Update: 8 dead including shooter who torched own home prior to killing spree
SAN JOSE — Multiple people are dead and others injured in a mass shooting early Wednesday morning at a Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard and the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, according to authorities.
The shooter is also dead, authorities said.
Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office spokesman Russell Davis confirmed the shooter’s death but was unable to confirm the exact number of dead and injured. He said more information would be released later Wednesday morning.
More on Twitter.
Perp ID’d
5) @NBCBayArea has obtained a photo of the suspected shooter, Samuel Cassidy:
He, like his victims, was a #VTA employee, so he worked alongside the 8 people he killed.
He opened fire at a VTA train maintenance yard in San Jose, California. pic.twitter.com/5ngeWiYC43
— Bigad Shaban (@BigadShaban) May 26, 2021
