Mass Shooting at San Jose VTA Yard: What You Need to Know
Published Date: 5/26/2021
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
A shooting Wednesday morning at a light-rail yard near downtown San Jose left nine people dead, including the gunman. Here’s what is known so far: • The shooting was first reported at 6:34 a.m. at a Valley Transportation Authority control center at 101 W. Younger Ave., with multiple 911 calls to law enforcement. • Nine people are dead, including the gunman, and multiple people are injured. Santa Clara County sheriff’s officials said the shooter was a VTA employee, identified in multiple published reports as Samuel J. Cassidy, 57. • VTA employees are among the dead and injured. • The facility was evacuated. It is a VTA control center, described as a hub that stores multiple VTA trains, and is also a maintenance yard. Read more: https://bit.ly/3oQJgwj Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2Svdkii — The San Francisco Chronicle delivers the Bay Area’s best journalism every day. Our mission is to tell the story of San Francisco — the city whose people change the world. We will inform, inspire and provoke while being honest, fearless and startlingly original. You can support our newsroom by signing up for a membership at http://SFChronicle.com/subscribe.