Police ID gunman who killed eight, took own life in San Jose rail yard shooting
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An employee at a California light rail facility opened fire at his workplace Wednesday morning — leaving at least eight people dead and “multiple people” injured, officials said.
Samuel Cassidy, 57, attacked San Jose’s VTA Light Rail Facility on West Younger Avenue near the airport around 6:30 a.m. local time before turning the gun on himself when he encountered sheriff deputies, according to the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office.
“I was running so fast. I just ran for my life,” Rochelle Hawkins, a VTA mechanic who was at the facility during the shooting, told The Mercury News.
“I would hope everyone would just pray for the VTA family. Just pray for us.”
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