May 26, 2021 (2021-05-26) c. 6:30[1] – 6:43 a.m.[2] (PDT)
Target
Staff at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, androcide, murder–suicide, workplace shooting, arson
Weapons
Three semiautomatic handguns[3]
Deaths
10 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
0
Perpetrator
Samuel James Cassidy
Motive
Unknown
On May 26, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard in San Jose, California, United States. A 57-year-old VTA employee, Samuel James Cassidy, shot and killed nine VTA employees before committing suicide.[1][4] It is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the San Francisco Bay Area.[5]
As a result of the shooting, service throughout the VTA light rail system was suspended or limited for months.[6] The city announced and later passed a package of policy proposals intended to curb gun violence, including mandatory liability insurance (the first law of its kind in the nation) and fees for gun owners.[7]
^ abGecker, Jocelyn; Mendoza, Martha (May 26, 2021). "Authorities ID 8 victims of California railyard shooting". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
^Miller, Leila (June 2, 2021). "Deputy body-camera footage shows initial response to San Jose mass shooting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
^Hanna, Jason; Campbell, Josh; Vera, Amir (May 27, 2021). "The San Jose gunman appeared to specifically target his victims, sheriff says". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^"Bomb Squad, Police Search Home of Suspect in San Jose VTA Yard Mass Shooting". San Jose, California: KNTV. May 26, 2021. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
^Angst, Maggie; Woolfolk, John; Toledo, Aldo; Sulek, Julia Prodis; Salonga, Robert; Green, Jason (May 26, 2021). "Victims, shooter identified in Bay Area's deadliest mass shooting". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
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